| The World Is Not Ours to Save: Finding the Freedom to Do Good Contributor(s): Wigg-Stevenson, Tyler (Author) |
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ISBN: 0830836578 ISBN-13: 9780830836574 Publisher: IVP OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues |
| Dewey: 248.4 |
| LCCN: 2012041432 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We want to save the world--and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue. But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we bump up against the complexities of global problems--and liking Facebook pages only goes so far. Veteran activist Tyler Wigg-Stevenson identifies the practical and spiritual pitfalls that threaten much of today's cause-driven Christianity. He casts an alternate vision for doing good based on the liberating truth that only God can save the world. Wigg-Stevenson's own pilgrimage from causes to calling shows how to ground an enduring, kingdom-oriented activism in the stillness of vocation rather than in the anxiety of the world's brokenness. The world is not ours to save. And that's okay. Discover why. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wigg-Stevenson, Tyler: - Tyler Wigg-Stevenson is the founding director of the Two Futures Project, a movement of Christians for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. He also chairs the Global Task Force on Nuclear Weapons for the World Evangelical Alliance. His award-winning writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Sojourners, Relevant and Christianity Today, and he is the author of Brand Jesus. |