John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil (OUP 1998), Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today (OUP 2002), Church: An Insider's Look at How We Do It, and Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender. He lives in Vancouver, B.C.

If you are satisfied neither with the program of a whole-scale transformation of the world nor with the project of building alternative enclaves in the world, this is the book for you. With compelling arguments, clear prose, and much erudition John Stackhouse points to a third and better way of following Christ in the real world. A must-read for those who are concerned with the role of faith in contemporary societies.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHO ARE WE, FOR JESUS CHRIST, TODAY?; PART I: THE CLASSIC TYPOLOGY; PART II: SOME RESOURCES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHRISTIAN REALISM; PART III: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; CONCLUSION: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; INDEX; INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil (OUP 1998), Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today (OUP 2002), Church: An Insider's Look at How We Do It, and Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender. He lives in Vancouver, B.C.

If you are satisfied neither with the program of a whole-scale transformation of the world nor with the project of building alternative enclaves in the world, this is the book for you. With compelling arguments, clear prose, and much erudition John Stackhouse points to a third and better way of following Christ in the real world. A must-read for those who are concerned with the role of faith in contemporary societies.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHO ARE WE, FOR JESUS CHRIST, TODAY?; PART I: THE CLASSIC TYPOLOGY; PART II: SOME RESOURCES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHRISTIAN REALISM; PART III: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; CONCLUSION: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; INDEX; INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology, Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil (OUP 1998), Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today (OUP 2002), Church: An Insider's Look at How We Do It, and Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender. He lives in Vancouver, B.C.

If you are satisfied neither with the program of a whole-scale transformation of the world nor with the project of building alternative enclaves in the world, this is the book for you. With compelling arguments, clear prose, and much erudition John Stackhouse points to a third and better way of following Christ in the real world. A must-read for those who are concerned with the role of faith in contemporary societies.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHO ARE WE, FOR JESUS CHRIST, TODAY?; PART I: THE CLASSIC TYPOLOGY; PART II: SOME RESOURCES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHRISTIAN REALISM; PART III: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; CONCLUSION: MAKING THE BEST OF IT; INDEX; INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES