The key to changing the world is not simply being there, but an active, transforming engagement of a singularly robust and energetic kind.

— Os Guinness (b. 1941), Apologet, Soziologe, Kulturkritiker und Autor

Source: Renaissance

Topics: Witness & Mission, Service & Love of Neighbour, Courage & Strength

Occasions: Encouragement, For Reflection

Os Guinness

Der 1941 geborene britische Soziologe, Publizist und Kulturkritiker Os Guinness wirkt seit mehreren Jahrzehnten im evangelikalen Spektrum vor allem in den USA. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch Veröffentlichungen über christliche Berufung, Analysen moderner Gesellschaften sowie sein Engagement für weltweite Religions- und Gewissensfreiheit. Bibellesern vermittelt sein Werk Impulse für ein intellektuell reflektiertes Glaubenszeugnis im säkularen Raum, wobei er sowohl fortschreitende Säkularisierung als auch die parteipolitische Vereinnahmung des Evangeliums kritisiert.

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