A Return To Christian Culture

This book on the theology of culture is both Christian and contemporary, addressing the perennial problem of Christ and culture. It is a discerning application of Rom. 12:2: “Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God remold your minds from within” (Phillips). Richard Taylor reveals both a deep Christian understanding and a wide knowledge of today’s social environment. He makes a penetrating Christian analysis of society, and as he does so, he gives a prescription for a Christian approach to culture. Some of the topics he discusses are The Basis for Integrity; A Mark of Maturity; A World Enjoyed versus a World Renounced; Ownership versus Stewardship; Music and the Fine Arts, and many more relevant considerations.

Dr. Taylor makes a plea for Christian culture. He asserts that Christ came to remold our total lives— not only our spirits, but also our intellects; not only our moral existence but also our esthetics. This is not to the end that we become merely cultured, but that we may be able to discharge the responsibilities of Christian stewardship to our society and the world. He has written, “not to encourage a cultural approach to religion, but a religious approach to culture.”