This book is for exiles: Christians who find themselves caught in that dangerous wilderness between contemporary secular Western culture and an old-fashioned church culture of respectability and conservatism. Frost presents a plea for such Christians to embrace a dynamic, life-affirming, robust Christian faith that can be lived confidently in a world that no longer values such a faith.

__Michael Frost__ is the founding director of the Tinsley Institute, a mission study center at Morling College in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of more than a dozen books including Exiles and The Road to Missional. He lives in Sydney.

Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent church--people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with the contemporary world. Exiles seeks to integrate all aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture. It presents a plea for a dynamic, life-affirming, robust Christian faith that can be lived successfully in the post-Christian world of twenty-first century Western society. This book will present a Christian lifestyle that can be lived in non-religious categories and be attractive to not-yet Christians.  
  
Such a worldview takes ecology and politics seriously. It offers a positive response to the workplace, the arts, feminism, mystery and worship. Exiles seeks to develop a framework that will allow Christians to live boldly and courageously in a world that no longer values the culture of the church, but does greatly value many of the things the Bible speaks positively about. This book suggests that there us more to being a Christian than meets the eye. It explores the secret, unseen nooks and crannies in the life of a Christian and suggests that faith is about more than church attendance and belief in God. Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style, Exiles is aimed at church leaders, pastors and laypersons and seeks to address complex issues in a simple manner. It includes helpful photographs and diagrams.

Presents a biblical worldview for people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with today's world.

Frost, Michael

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Note to the Reader

Part I: Dangerous Memories

1. Self-Imposed Exiles The Memory: God Will Rescue the Exiled People

2. Jesus the Exile The Memory: Jesus Was a Radical and a Subversive

3. Following Jesus into Exile The Memory: Jesus Is Our Standard and Example

Part II: Dangerous Promises

4. Exiled from a Hyper-Real World The Promise: We Will Be Authentic

5. The Exile's Esprit de Corps The Promise: We Will Serve a Cause Greater Than Ourselves

6. Fashioning Collectives of Exiles The Promise: We Will Create Missional Community

7. Exiles at the Table The Promise: We Will Be Generous and Practice Hospitality

8. Working for the Host Empire The Promise: We Will Work Righteously

Part III: Dangerous Criticism

9. Restless with Injustice The Critique: You Have Been an Unjust Empire

10. Exiles and the Earth The Critique: You Have Not Cared for God's Creation

11. Comforting the Oppressed The Critique: You Have Not Protected God's Children

Part IV: Dangerous Songs

12. Exiles at the Altar The Song: To God Be the Glory

13. The Songs of Revolution The Song: Jesus Ain't My Boyfriend

Epilogue

Resources

Back Cover

Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culturepresents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent church--people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with the contemporary world.Exilesseeks to integrate all aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture. It presents a plea for a dynamic, life-affirming, robust Christian faith that can be lived successfully in the post-Christian world of twenty-first century Western society. This book will present a Christian lifestyle that can be lived in non-religious categories and be attractive to not-yet Christians.  
  
Such a worldview takes ecology and politics seriously. It offers a positive response to the workplace, the arts, feminism, mystery and worship.Exilesseeks to develop a framework that will allow Christians to live boldly and courageously in a world that no longer values the culture of the church, but does greatly value many of the things the Bible speaks positively about. This book suggests that there us more to being a Christian than meets the eye. It explores the secret, unseen nooks and crannies in the life of a Christian and suggests that faith is about more than church attendance and belief in God. Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style,Exilesis aimed at church leaders, pastors and laypersons and seeks to address complex issues in a simple manner. It includes helpful photographs and diagrams.

Presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent church - people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. This book seeks to integrate various aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture.

"Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture" presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent church - people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with the contemporary world. "Exiles" seeks to integrate all aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture. It presents a plea for a dynamic, life-affirming, robust Christian faith that can be lived successfully in the post-Christian world of twenty-first century Western society. This book will present a Christian lifestyle that can be lived in non-religious categories and be attractive to not-yet Christians. Such a worldview takes ecology and politics seriously. It offers a positive response to the workplace, the arts, feminism, mystery and worship. "Exiles" seeks to develop a framework that will allow Christians to live boldly and courageously in a world that no longer values the culture of the church, but does greatly value many of the things the Bible speaks positively about. This book suggests that there us more to being a Christian than meets the eye. It explores the secret, unseen nooks and crannies in the life of a Christian and suggests that faith is about more than church attendance and belief in God. Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style, "Exiles" is aimed at church leaders, pastors and laypersons and seeks to address complex issues in a simple manner. It includes helpful photographs and diagrams.

Michael Frost is the Director of the Centre for Evangelism and Global Mission at the Morling Baptist Seminary in Sydney, Australia, and is the author of numerous books including Seeing God in the Ordinary and The Shaping of Things to Come. He travels and speaks in the UK, America, Canada and Australia.

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