Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture, Paperback

Whether we interpret Scripture or culture, it matters what we do, not just what we think or feel. How do we live with our interpretation, and how do we live it out? This book helps us understand how culture forms us as political actors, moves us aesthetically, shapes the rhythms of our lives, and connects (or disconnects) us from God and neighbors we are called to love. The goal is to be equipped to engage culture with greater fluency and fidelity in response to the triune God.

This short, accessible introduction to the conversation between theology and culture offers a patient, thoughtful, and theologically attuned approach to cultural discernment. It helps us grow our interpretive skill by training our intuition and giving us a slower, more deliberate approach that accounts for as much of the complexity of culture as possible. The book explores 5 dimensions of culture--meaning, power, morality, religion, and aesthetic--and shows how each needs the others and all need theology. Each chapter includes distinctive practices for spiritual formation and practical application. Foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer.

Justin Ariel Bailey (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is associate professor of theology at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa. He is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church and has served as a pastor in diverse settings, including Filipino American, Korean American, and white American. Bailey hosts the In All Things podcast, and his writing has appeared in Christianity Today. He is the author of Reimagining Apologetics: The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age.

• Dimensions: 213 x 137
• Author: Justin Ariel Bailey
• Cover type: Paperback
• Publishing Year: 2022
• Publishing Month: 9
• Pages: 176
• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Weight: 227 g