Roger Crain

This Christian classic is a must read for anyone who has seriously grappled with how the world thinks. Dr. Niebuhr came up with 5 views on Christ and culture after analyzing civilization from the standpoint of a Christian. These 5 views are Christ against culture, The Christ of culture, Christ and culture paradox, Christ above culture, and Christ, The Transformer of culture. Is Christ against culture? No. on the contrary, Christ is very much for culture; The Messiah entered a world of mayhem the day he was born. When he came of age, he challenged the religious establishment of his day with his ethics; he was only 12 years old. But for the next 18 or so years nothing was heard of this Christ; that is, until he publicly declared his ministry at the age of 30.