All Things Hold Together in Christ: A Conversation on Faith, Science, and Virtue

As Christians engage controversial cultural issues, we must remember that "all things hold together in Christ" (Col. 1:17)--even when it comes to science and faith. This anthology is an invitation to find resources for faithful, creative thinking in the riches of the church's theological heritage and its worship traditions. Reflecting "the Colossian Way" this book offers a vision that will help congregations pursue the truth in love. Top Christian thinkers show how attending to the formation of virtue through the practices of worship creates the hospitable space we need to deal with difference and disagreement in the body of Christ.
Contents
Foreword by Michael Gulker
Introduction by James K. A. Smith
Part 1: Creating a Community for the Conversation: Ecclesiology and Worship
1. The Church as Church: Practicing the Politics of Jesus Rodney Clapp
2. Friends of God and Friends of God's Friends Samuel Wells
3. Friendship and the Ways to Truth David Burrell
4. Worship Is Our Worldview: Christian Worship and the Formation of Desire James K. A. Smith
5. Common Prayer Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma Okoro
Part 2: Putting on Christ: Formation in Virtue
6. The Master Argument of MacIntyre's After Virtue Brad Kallenberg
7. The Nature of the Virtues Alasdair MacIntyre
8. The Church as a Community of Practice Jonathan R. Wilson
9. Resistance to the Demands of Love: On Sloth Rebecca DeYoung
10. Cultivating Gratitude: Pray without Ceasing Paul Griffiths
11. Why Christian Character Matters N. T. Wright
Part 3: Come Let Us Reason Together: Tradition-Based Rationality
12. The Rationality of Traditions Alasdair MacIntyre
13. Aquinas and the Rationality of Tradition Alasdair MacIntyre
14. The Epistemic Priority of Jesus Christ Robert Barron
15. Reading Scripture with the Reformers Timothy George
Part 4: All Things Hold Together in Christ: Exploring God's World
16. Come and See: A Christological Invitation for Science Mark Noll
17. Encountering God's World: Curiositas vs. Caritas Paul Griffiths
18. The Religious Path to Exclusive Humanism: From Deism to Atheism James K. A. Smith
19. Natural Theology, or a Theology of Creation? Stanley Hauerwas
20. Science, Stories, and Our Knowledge of the Natural World Alasdair MacIntyre
21. Science for the Church: Natural Sciences in the Christian University Jonathan R. Wilson
Index