{"product_id":"witness-is-prescense","title":"Witness is prescense","description":"In a postsecular cultural situation the conditions for understanding and communicating a Christian tradition have changed. None of the established religions can any longer claim monopoly in the \"marketplace of religions\". A claim of this study is that a postsecular situation characterized, among other things, by dwindling memberships in established Churches as well as a new visibility of alternative religious expressions, opens up a need to reflect on alternative ways of understanding Christianity in its context. This study focuses on the question how can a Christian tradition be communicated understandably in a postsecular context? In traditional terms: how can Christian witness be understood in our situation? It is to this need, according to this study, that the ecclesiology of Stanley Hauerwas provides a meaningful perspective. This perspective becomes relevant because in a postsecular context a Christian church, even a folk church, cannot assume to be in a position of majority or power. There is, therefore, a need to ask how to understand Christianity as a community of witness that is neither in power nor a majority. The study suggests that embodiment of Christian convictions becomes a central factor a meaningful postsecular notion of witness.","brand":"Åbo Akademis Förlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26549529968740,"sku":"9789517656481","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/products\/9789517656481_16601_2048.jpg?v=1590890811","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/witness-is-prescense","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}