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Uncommon Ground

Living Faithfully in a World of Difference

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How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also remains faithful to the gospel? Join bestselling author Timothy Keller and legal scholar John Inazu as they bring together illuminating stories to answer this vital question.

In Uncommon Ground, Keller and Inazu bring together a thrilling range of artists, thinkers, and leaders to provide a guide to living faithfully in a divided world, including:

  • Lecrae, a recording artist, songwriter, and record producer
  • Claude Richard Alexander Jr., senior pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Rudy Carrasco, a program officer for the Murdock Charitable Trust
  • Sara Groves, a singer and songwriter
  • Shirley V. Hoogstra, president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
  • Kristen Deede Johnson, a professor of theology and Christian formation at Western Theological Seminary
  • Warren Kinghorn, a professor of psychiatry and theology at Duke University
  • Tom Lin, president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
  • Trillia Newbell, director of community outreach for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
  • Tish Harrison Warren, an Anglican priest at the Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • With varied and enlightening approaches to reaching faithfully across deep and often painful differences, Uncommon Ground shows us how to live with confidence, joy, and hope in a complex and fragmented age.

    Praise for Uncommon Ground:

    "For anyone struggling to engage well with others in an era of toxic conflict, this book provides a framework, steeped in humility, that is not only insightful but is readily actionable. I'm grateful for the vulnerability and wisdom offered by each of the twelve leaders who contributed to this book. The task of learning to love well—neighbors and enemies alike—is long and urgent, and it can be costly. And yet, as this book shows us because it is the work of Jesus, we can pursue this love with great hope."

    —Gary A. Haugen, founder and CEO, International Justice Mission

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      • Publisher's Weekly

        February 3, 2020
        Twelve Christians explore the question of how to interact with others when beliefs differ in this thoughtful set of essays. Each writer dives into the ways Christians can be humble, patient, and tolerant amid culture wars and the dominance of heightened rhetoric due to the rise of social media. Professor Kristen Deede Johnson speaks to the way she, like many Christians, once placed unrealistic hope in politics to effect change, while Keller (The Reason for God) expands on that thought to talk about how his experience in rural Virginia and New York City taught him that the gospel is not the property of either the Right or the Left. Tom Lin speaks to embracing the adventure of God’s plan (in his case, becoming a missionary in Mongolia), its costs (the decision devastated his parents), and how God’s grace plays out (healing the fractured relationship with his parents). And legal scholar Inazu, singer Lecrae, author Trillia Newbell, and others speak to the racial discrimination they’ve experienced and the importance of relationships and living by God’s command to love thy neighbor to bring about reconciliation. Capturing minister Claude Alexander’s statement that “peacemaking is not only between individuals and between cultures, peacemaking is also internal,” these vibrant essays will be revealing for any Christian reader.

      • Library Journal

        April 1, 2020

        How can Christians communicate with others who are significantly different from them in the contemporary, pluralistic world? This is a key question best-selling author Keller (The Reason for God) and Inazu (Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion, Washington Univ. in St. Louis; Confident Pluralism) address in this latest work. The answers to the question can be found, in part, by reading the stories of 12 people from different settings who seek to engage with others and promote commonality rather than division. The book is divided into three parts, with the first addressing strategies for engagement, the second discussing how to communicate with others, and the third considering ways to embody these encounters with other people. Contributors include a theologian, pastor, writer, lawyer and professor, president of a higher education organization, professor of psychiatry and theology, and an Anglican priest, and all represent varied ways of showing humility, patience, and tolerance. VERDICT Readers interested in Christianity generally, as well as Christian theology, communication, and outreach, will find this an innovative and insightful offering.--John Jaeger, Johnson Univ., Knoxville, TN

        Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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