{"product_id":"winsome-persuasion-christian-influence-in-a-post-christian-world-9780830851775","title":"Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today's\u003c\/i\u003e 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Apologetics\/Evangelism\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow are Christians viewed in the broader culture?\u003c\/b\u003eWe blush at the possibilities. Brainwashed fanatics? Out-of-touch dogmatists? Buffoons?The task of bearing faithful witness to Jesus is complicated by persistent--and not altogether baseless--cultural stereotypes. In our post-Christian society, thoughtful Christians are considering again how to engage the dominant culture as a minority, a counterpublic, amid varying perceptions and misperceptions.In this timely book, Timothy Muehlhoff and Rick Langer ask what our interactions with the dominant cultural ethos should look like. How might we be persuasive and civil at the same time? How should we respond to those who ridicule and caricature us? How can we challenge the beliefs of other communities with love and respect?Muehlhoff and Langer present a model for cultural engagement that integrates communication theory, theology, and Scripture. Penetrating, wise, and relentlessly practical, it includes test cases and examples from history, such as William Wilberforce and Harriet Beecher Stowe.Now more than ever, Christians need what \u003ci\u003eWinsome Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e offers: a compelling vision of public engagement that is both shrewd and gracious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Muehlhoff (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a professor of communication at Biola University in La Mirada, California, where he teaches classes in family communication, interpersonal communication, persuasion, and gender. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Beg to Differ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarriage Forecasting\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe God Conversation: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAuthentic Communication: Christian Speech Engaging Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. Muehlhoff and his wife, Noreen, are frequent speakers at FamilyLife Marriage Conferences, and Tim also serves as a speaker\/author with Biola's Center for Marriage and Relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuentin J. Schultze is the author of over a dozen books on the relationship between faith and communications. He serves as executive director of the Gainey Institute for Faith and Communication and as Arthur H. DeKruyter Chair in Faith and Communication at Calvin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Langer (PhD, University of California, Riverside) is professor of biblical and theological studies at Talbot School of Theology and director of the Office for the Integration of Faith and Learning at Biola University. Specializing in the areas of theological integration, moral philosophy, bioethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion, he has also taught at Trinity International University and the University of California. An ordained minister, Langer previously served as senior associate pastor of Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Redlands, California, and as a missionary with Campus Crusade for Christ. He also speaks at seminars and conferences around the country and is a board member for Forest Home Ministries. He has served on the boards for Building a Generation, the Southwest District of the Evangelical Free Church of America, and the Internal Review for Research Protocols at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Additionally, he won Biola University's Provost Award for Excellence in Theological Integration in 2008. Langer has contributed articles to publications such as the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristian Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Psychology and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophia Christi\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Christian Institute for Disabilities\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife Shari have two grown children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544128098578,"sku":"9780830851775","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d85ea6b9-791d-4e55-aa12-d31a74333640.jpg?v=1731521420","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/winsome-persuasion-christian-influence-in-a-post-christian-world-9780830851775","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}