Join Doug Stuart and Mike Maharrey in reading An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land by William Stringfellow.

Book Description

From An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land:
America is a fallen nation. Americans exist in time, in the era biblically called the Fall. America is a demonic principality, or conglomeration of principalities and powers in which death furnishes the meaning, in which death is the reigning idol. Enshrined in multifarious forms and guises, it enslaves human beings, exacts human sacrifices, captures and captivates Presidents as well as intimidating and dehumanizing ordinary citizens. Strong statements, yes, but timely in the biblical context which forms William Stringfellow’s perspective of our contemporary situation. Identifying America as a fallen nation with the parable of Babylon in the Book of Revelation – not with Jerusalem the holy nation, as Americans are naively and vainly wont to do – Dr. Stringfellow issues as trenchant an indictment of our society as has been made since Philip Wylie’s ‘Generation of Vipers’. Shockingly prophetic, dismaying, and sobering, William Stringfellow’s rigorous biblical theology will surely offend the self-righteous. But the citizen of Jerusalem, alien in Babylon, will welcome the bluntness and insight with which he speaks.

Length: 164 pages (6 chapters + preface)

Book Club Details

• $25 to join (is actually a donation to LCI)
• Cost of the book itself (Amazon link)
• 5 one-hour discussion sessions (see dates below)

Discussion Session Dates

All session times 6:00–7:00pm Eastern Time

• March 14 – Preface + Chapter 1: The Relevance of Babylon
• March 21 – Chapter 2: The Empirical Integrity of the Biblical Witness
• March 28 – Chapter 3: The Moral Reality Named Death
• April 4 – Chapter 4: Strategems of the Demonic Powers
• April 11 – Chapter 5: The Christian in Resistance to Death
• April 18 – The Efficacy of the Word of God as Hope

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