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Lädt ... Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport: Making Connections in Today's Worldvon Richard J. Mouw
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What do the Canons of Dordt mean to people in the Las Vegas airport--and does anyone there even care? In the movie Hardcore, a pious Calvinist elder tries unsuccessfully to explain the TULIP theology of his Dutch Reformed faith to a prostitute in the Las Vegas airport. This incongruous conversation demonstrates how Calvinism is often perceived today: irrelevant, harsh, even disrespectful.Beginning with this movie scene, Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport addresses the weaknesses of Calvinism and points to its strengths. How does Calvinism shed light on today? Instead of reciting the Canons of Dordt, what's a more compassionate way to relate to nonbelievers? What might it look like to live out the doctrines of TULIP with gentleness and respect? This conversational book provides answers and shatters some stereotypes. Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport encourages you to live every aspect of life--business, family, education, politics, activities, and more--before the face of a generous, sovereign God. Calvinists and non-Calvinists alike will find this an enjoyable read. You will discover that Reformed theology can speak relevantly and compellingly today, both to you and to people in the Las Vegas airport. Does Calvinism Have Anything to Do with the 21st Century?What do you think about Calvinism? Do you view it positively or negatively? Or has its day passed?Let's face it, many non-Calvinists hold a less-than-positive view, sometimes due to caricatures. This friendly, conversational book helps clear up some misconceptions and distorted views. If you're not a Calvinist, here is an engaging inside look. And if you are a Calvinist, Richard Mouw shows how to live gently and respectfully with others--Christians and non-Christians--who hold different perspectives.Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport focuses not on what Calvinists believe but on how they live. From a movie scene to the author's personal experiences in Las Vegas, you are invited to travel with Mouw and see the Reformed faith in a new light. Yes, it still does travel well! Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The book’s title draws from a scene in a movie entitled: “Hardcore” in which a man played by George C. Scott tries to explain his Christian faith using the TULIP acronym to an unsuspecting young girl who happens to be a prostitute. The setting is in the Las Vegas Airport – hence the title. I’ve never seen or heard of this movie but apparently the producer/director was at one time Calvinist and later rejected it along with Christianity as a whole. The Calvinist in the film is portrayed by the author was projected as uncaring.
Mouw who is the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, sees the humor in the film’s cold presentation of Calvinist doctrines to someone who needs salvation before a hearing a treatise in reformed theology. Dr. Mouw first sets out first by explaining why he says he is a Calvinist and the journey he took becoming one. The chapter “Mere Calvinism” is a summation of Calvinist soteriology, and his willingness to avoid division over Limited Atonement. I thought his description of Abraham Kuyper’s Calvinism was very helpful.
There was on problem however that surfaced in the book that you would have to overlook to enjoy the read. There is a chapter that Mouw emphasizes what he calls divine generosity where he explains his inclusivist understanding of salvation in which he hopes that some who don’t profess Christ still wind up in heaven anyway. Even though he says he is not a Universalist sure sounds like one. I find his call for pluralistic diaglogue with tolerance with other faiths a bit of a dangerous notion
What the book becomes is a gentle apologetic for Calvinism that avoids the sterile theological debates in which Arminians and Calvinist shout out Scripture passages to one another. In the end Dr. Mouw’s suggestions for communicating Calvinism in our contemporary culture with gentleness, care and respect are much needed within the Reformed community. (