The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

Leslie Newbigin doesn't disappoint in this book. He has an amazing mind. I feel dense when I read his stuff because he anticipates questions that I would never think to ask. He has the ability to pull the rug out from secular critique of the gospel. If you are going to read the following paragraph all I can do is apologize in advance. How does one summarize a Newbigin book in one paragraph? Apparently the answer to that is POORLY, but I've got to get these anthropology papers turned in because this weekend I'll be traveling to Johnson City and won't have time to make these papers any better.

Newbigin exposes the Modern (Post-modern?) faith that takes shape in the secular worldview and its commitment to the rational universe, a belief that cannot be proven by use of reason itself. The natural result of this secular faith is the formation by default of a society that uncritically believes in accepting as valid the plurality of “truths” people are encouraged to embrace in their private understandings, but that are not seriously allowed into public discourse. If Christians are to be faithful to the gospel, however, we must be unashamed to proclaim as valid our starting point in the debate. The Christian starting point is the revelation of God in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the in-breaking of God into history and the high point of the meta-narrative that comprises the story of God'’s interaction with humanity.

If you're still reading this . . . thanks for sticking with it!