Theology After Christendom: Forming Prophets for a Post-Christian World

Christianity must be understood not as a religion of private salvation but as a gospel movement of universal compassion which transforms the world in the power of Gods truth. Amid several major global crises including the rise of terrorism and religious fundamentalism and a sudden resurgence of political extremism Christians must now face up fearlessly to the challenges of living in a post-truth age in which deceitful politicians present their media-spun fabrications as alternative facts. This book is an attempt to enact a transformative theology for these changing times that will equip the global Christian community to take a stand for the gospel in an age of cultural despair and moral fragmentation. The emerging post-Christendom era calls for a new vision of Christianity that has come of age and connects with the spiritual crisis of our times. In helping to make this vision a reality Searle insists that theology is not merely an academic discipline but a transformative enterprise that changes the world. Theology is to be experienced not just behind a desk in an armchair or in a church but also in hospitals in foodbanks in workplaces and on the streets. Theology is to be lived as well as read.