Resident Aliens: A provocative Christian assessment of culture and ministry for people who know that something is wrong, written by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon (ISBN: 0-687-36159-1)

Peculiar Speech: Preaching to the Baptized, written by William H. Willimon (ISBN: 0-8028-0616-3) wrestles with the meaning of being a Christian in our time. In these bold and visionary books, two leading Christian thinkers explore the "alien" status of Christians in today's world, and offer a compelling new vision of how the Christian church can regain its vitality, battle its malaise, reclaim its capacity to nourish souls, and stand firmly against the illusions, pretensions, and eroding values of today's world. The authors call for a radical new understanding of the church. By renouncing the emphasis on personal psychological categories, they offer a vision of the church as a colony, a holy nation, a people, a family standing for sharply focused values in a devalued world. The book resonates with a call to a way of life at odds with an unchristian world.

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