Against the Tide

This compelling collection gathers together articles previously published in "The Christian Century" from 1996 to 2008. The result is a cohesive book that unerringly points away from pettiness and selfishness and toward the love Christians are called to exemplify.

Miroslav Volf is Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, and founding director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He is also the author of Exclusion and Embrace, Free of Charge, and The End of Memory.

Introduction: Steps toward Love	p. x
God and the Self
God's Delight	p. 3
You Can't Deal with God	p. 6
Freed from Selfhood	p. 9
Scaling a Sandy Slope	p. 12
Can We Be Good without God?	p. 15
Dancing for God	p. 18
The Reality of Evil and the Possibility of Hope
Evil and Evildoers	p. 23
Demons or Evildoers?	p. 26
Washing Away and Washing Up	p. 29
Taking God to Court	p. 32
I Protest, Therefore I Believe	p. 35
The Gift of Infertility	p. 38
Diminished	p. 41
Not Optimistic	p. 44
Narratives of Hope	p. 47
Family Matters
Married Love	p. 53
Ambiguity and Grace	p. 56
She Who Truly Loves	p. 59
Negative Externality	p. 62
But I Am Not Abraham	p. 65
Will My Son Be a Christian?	p. 68
On Jordan's Banks	p. 71
Remember That You Will Die	p. 74
Church
Not by Sausage Alone	p. 79
Way of Life	p. 82
Teachers, Crusts, and Toppings	p. 85
Proclaiming the Lord's Death	p. 89
Is It God's Business?	p. 92
Reflected Light	p. 95
Changing and Changeless	p. 98
Ecumenical Quandary	p. 100
Mission and Other Faiths
Urban Mission	p. 105
Sharing Wisdom	p. 108
Sikh Wisdom	p. 111
Unaggressive Evangelism	p. 114
Sheep, Wolves, and Doves	p. 117
In My Own Voice?	p. 120
Be Particular	p. 123
Your Scripture Meets Mine	p. 126
Culture and Politics
Allegiance and Rebellion	p. 131
Jesus-Left Behind	p. 134
Shopkeeper's Gold	p. 137
Floating Along?	p. 140
Rules, Rules, and More Rules	p. 143
Nothing but the Truth	p. 146
Power Play	p. 149
Indefensible War	p. 152
Guns and Crosses	p. 155
Terror in the Mind of God?	p. 158
A Politician for All Seasons	p. 161
Giving and Forgiving
When Hungers Clash	p. 167
Difficult, Very Difficult	p. 170
One-Way Giving	p. 173
More Blessed to Give	p. 176
All about Getting?	p. 179
Hope and Reconciliation
Black Milk of Daybreak	p. 183
A Cup of Coffee	p. 186
The Core of the Faith	p. 189
Piercing the Heart	p. 192
Kneeling to Remember	p. 195
A Letter to Timothy McVeigh	p. 198
Redeeming the Past?	p. 201
Reconciled in the End	p. 204
Perspective
A Death of a Friend	p. 209
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