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The Road from Eden: Studies in Christianity and Culture

John Barber (Author)

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Foreword by John M. Frame

Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 588
Publisher: Academica Press
ISBN#: 9781933146713

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Description: This is a major research study of the effect of Reformed Theology on European and American visual and material cultures. It offers an analysis of Christianity and culture that builds on the scholarship of Arnold Toynbee and Francis Schaeffer and utilizes the careful analytical tools of the Dutch scholars Vollenhoven, Dooyeward and others. Barber’s audacious scholarship aims to put Reformed Christianity in the center of change and interpretation in a way similar to the great Catholic and Orthodox cultural historians. Barber discusses the Biblical centered energies that clarify, justify and interpret the culture of Western Civilization.

"With an encyclopedic knowledge and a sharply discerning eye, John Barber analyzes here the whole history of Western culture, including art, music, philosophy, theology, science, and politics. Further, these analyses are not superficial, as one might fear, but solid and substantive. I found the book a great learning experience, even when John's interests overlapped mine, as in philosophy and theology.

There is a great sweep to this discussion that we usually associate with mega-thinkers like Toynbee. There has never been anything like this in evangelical Christian circles. Francis Schaeffer tried to analyze civilization and culture comprehensively in How Shall We Then Live? But Barber's work is far more detailed, far more knowledgeable, and far more careful in its analysis. Vollenhoven, Dooyeweerd and others of the Dutch philosophy of the idea of law have also attempted comprehensive analyses of human thought and life. But their writings are burdened by a philosophical ideology that is at points unintelligible, at points at odds with Scripture. In Barber's work, it is the Bible that always stands at the forefront, and which provides the standards of evaluation. And his writing is always clear.

Barber has mastered and/or referenced a huge amount of literature, so his book is a great resource for continuing study. His arguments are careful and cogent. He has certainly persuaded me of his major thesis, that the cultural mandate of Gen. 1:28 (not essentially different from the Great Commission of Matt. 28:18-20) is the best and proper foundation for Christian activism in all areas of culture. I hope his argument has a great influence in the church. If read and understood, it could be a mighty force for reformation, revival, and cultural renewal in our day."
--John Frame, Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL

 Read a review by Joseph R. Nally , theological editor at Third Millennium Ministries.
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