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    The God Who Is There

    By Francis A. Schaeffer, James W. Sire and Steven Garber

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    For over fifty years The God Who Is There has been a landmark work that has changed the way the church sees the world. Francis Schaeffer's first book presents a wide-ranging analysis of the intellectual and cultural climate of the second half of the twentieth century, from philosophy to art to liberal theology. Arguing that Christians must constantly engage the questions being asked by their own—and the next—generation, he envisions an apologetics and spirituality both grounded in absolute truth and engaging the whole of reality.

    "If we are unexcited Christians, we should go back and see what is wrong," Schaeffer writes. "We are surrounded by a generation that can find 'no one home' in the universe. . . . In contrast to this, as a Christian I know who I am; and I know the personal God who is there." In every age, this God continues to provide the anchor of truth and the power of love to meet the world's deepest problems.

    Named by Christianity Today as one of the "Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals" (October 2006), this redesigned classic is now available as part of the IVP Signature Collection.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInterVarsity Press
    Release dateFeb 18, 2020
    ISBN9780830850808
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    Francis A. Schaeffer

     Francis A. Schaeffer (1912–1984) authored more than twenty books, which have been translated into several languages and have sold millions globally. He and his wife, Edith, founded the L’Abri Fellowship international study and discipleship centers. Recognized internationally for his work in Christianity and culture, Schaeffer passed away in 1984 but his influence and legacy continue worldwide. 

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    • 4/5
      An excellent, if dated, analysis of the challenge of modern thinking to historic Christianity and the best way forward.The author perceives in the Hegelian rejection of thesis/antithesis for thesis/antithesis/synthesis to be the big moment of change leading to entirely different worldviews between modernism and historic Christian thought. The author then traces how this has impacted modern society in its writing, art, music, and theology. He proceeds to show how the viewpoint is ultimately philosophically bankrupt and can never be internally consistent. He maps a way forward for historic Christianity to speak to modern society and restore people to God from their fallen state.The book was written in the explosive year of 1968 but its message remains relevant. The author is Evangelical and those perspectives come out often but do not detract from his main thesis. For those who struggle to understand the challenges of communicating a Christian-based perspective in the modern world, this is a great resource to consider.
    • 5/5
      Like a splash of cold water on the face, challenging and so refreshing. Links the lived world with the Bible so that one can be pietist no more. Art, pop culture, philosophy, history -- Schaeffer was a bridge man to show how theology has an alternative and full account of the world. --Found in a small Christian bookshop in Nuku'alofa Tonga Jan 1984, enriched a vacation fabulously.
    • 5/5
      Describes the modern dilmemna many people have of thinking that rational thought precludes the intangibles which cannot be measured.
    • 3/5
      Schaeffer teaches the theology of a Reasonable God and believes that Christianity is reasonable. Most of us in the throes of youthful idealism can hold onto that idea that a True Religion would also be "reasonable". Schaeffer develops the law of non-contradiction ("A statement cannot be both true and false in the same way at the same time.")As an apex historian, Schaeffer discusses the gradual decline of belief in Reason in the areas of philosophy, art and music, as well as in the general culture and in theology. By the 2d half of the 19th century, we began to lose a belief in "mutually exclusive truths"; we now live with contradictions.
    • 2/5
      well he likes antithesis.
      and Kierkegaard is a naughty boy

      Ellul reckons dialectic is scriptures get up.
      so there's that.
      the quest continues.

      top marks for the evangelical heart
      and perception of the modern problems
    • 3/5
      This book was a bit difficult in that it is dated by the topic covered. I feel that the subject that Schaeffer is writing to address has come and gone and we are currently in the aftermath of what was then the approaching postmodern relativism. In that sense, this book was difficult to get into. In another sense this exists for more the intellectual Christian than possibly the ordinary. The first half of the book is a struggle to get to and it's hard to see where it's coming from or what its point is.

      At about page 100, Schaeffer finally comes to the point. Essentially, he's laid the postmodern relativist point of view down and now he's contrasting where that philosophical world view fails. Then launches into why the Christian world view if superior. On a scale from easy to very hard philosophically - it ranges in the middle to upper middle. From a utility point of view from, say, between Jason Lyle and Van Till - this is about upper middle. There are some suggestions but it almost seems that we're fighting past the point Schaeffer is talking about and we're having to take a new approach now that postmodernism has become very popular for people to ascribe to.

      It's an ok book but hard to get into with some words of warning from the past that would help us today. Such as - become honest apologetics with a clear Biblical world view expressed in Christ's love. Final Grade - D