The Church Between Temple and Mosque: A Study of the Relationship between Christianity and Other Religions (Bavinck, J.H.)

Description

In this influential posthumous masterpiece, Dutch missiologist J. H. Bavinck guides readers in a candid, eloquent, and eye-opening exploration of religion, revelation, and the distinctness of the Christian faith in the context of global religions. Bavinck’s five ‘magnetic points’ (cosmic relationship, religious norm, the riddle of existence, our craving for salvation, and our awareness of a supreme power) are a transformative rubric for bringing Christ to the world, including those identifying as religious “nones.” Now for the first time in hardcover, with a luminary introduction by Daniel Strange, a new generation of Christians, pastors, and theologians can benefit from J. H. Bavinck’s must-read study of the contrast between Christianity and world religions.

Endorsements

“Anything from the pen of J.H. Bavinck is important to read. This work is even more valuable for the western church than it was when written, for the great religions of the world are now present in Europe and North America in numbers that could not have been imagined in the mid-20th century. Beyond that, the ‘magnetic points’ are crucial for helping us speak to the religious and non-religious as well. Read this little gem of a book!”

Tim Keller, Redeemer City to City

“J. H. Bavinck is a sublime but neglected thinker. Through his psychological insights, global focus, and rich biblical theology, his works offer the reader a uniquely Reformed perspective on Christianity (and the Western culture it produced) in relation to other faiths, and the cultures most deeply shaped by them. This book provides a sterling example of that. The Church Between Temple and Mosque is essential reading for Christians looking to understand other faiths, as well as the uniqueness of their own.”

James Eglinton, Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology, University of Edinburgh

Table of Contents

Introduction to the 2023 Edition by Daniel Strange. . . . . . . . . . . xi

Preface by R. Pierce Beaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

Introduction

I: The Christian Faith and Other Religions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

II: Religions and Religious Consciousness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Part One:

The Continent of the Universal

Religious Consciousness

III: Man’s Sense of Cosmic Relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

IV: The Religious Norm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

V: Between Activity and Passivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

VI: Thirst After Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VII: The Great Unknown in the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

VIII: Religious Consciousness and Its Uncertainties. . . . . . . . 103

Part Two:

In the Light of God

IX: Human Religion in God’s Sight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

X: The Bible Is Different. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

XI: Man as an Atom in the Cosmic Totality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

XII: The Law of the Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

XIII: Man’s Bondage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

XIV: Salvation and the Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

XV: God and the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

XVI: The Church and Its Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Scripture Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Subject and Name Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Product Details

Title: The Church Between Temple and Mosque: A Study of the Relationship between Christianity and Other Religions

Author: Bavinck, J.H.

Publisher: Westminster Seminary Press

Pages: 240

Binding: Hardcover

Size: 21.0 x 14.5 x 2.1 cm

ISBN: 9781955859059