WHAT DOES THE GOSPEL SAY TO TODAY’S CHALLENGES IN URBAN CULTURE?
Urban is about more than a place. It’s a distinct culture that requires a unique, contextual approach to sharing the good news about Jesus. Those who follow Jesus in urban culture face many challenges to their faith, among them the rising influence of contemporary cults, alternative theologies, and ethical issues that challenge traditionally held beliefs and practices. Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies, a follow up to the bestselling Urban Apologetics, provides a guide to addressing these challenges with grace and wisdom.
This all-new volume addresses several of today’s most-talked-about issues, including:
- Black Liberation Theology
- LGBTQ+ Issues
- Critical Race Theory (CRT)
- White Nationalism
- Faith Deconstruction
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- The Prosperity Gospel
Edited by Dr. Eric Mason and featuring a top-notch lineup of contributors in the fields of theology, apologetics, philosophy, activism, and more, Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies equips pastors, churches, and everyday believers to engage the most common ethical, biblical, and theological challenges faced by Black Christians and followers of Jesus engaged in reaching people in today’s urban culture.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM:
Thabiti Anyabwile · Anthony Bradley · Cristen Campbell · Lisa Fields · Jerome Gay · Elce-Junior Lauriston · Crawford Loritts · Sarita T. Lyons · Eric Mason · John M. Perkins · Damon Richardson · Kenneth C. Ulmer · Brandon Washington
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
The original bestseller, Urban Apologetics, examines the legitimate issues that Black communities have with Western Christianity and shows how the gospel of Jesus Christ—rather than popular, socioreligious alternatives—restores our identity.
PRAISE FOR
URBAN APOLOGETICS: CULTS AND CULTURAL IDEOLOGIES
"Every era has its idols and its false prophets. Yet God has not left us without a witness. By virtue of God's patience, this work is one of them. Provided that we take what's written seriously and apply it to our particular context wisely, this resource has the power to ignite a fire under our feet and rescue others from the flames."
JACKIE HILL PERRY
Author of Holier Than Thou
"Urban Apologetics is a much-needed, multifaceted tool kit that offers an interdisciplinary approach to promoting biblical faithfulness and gospel fluency. I plan on carrying this tool kit with me wherever I am called to give an answer for the faith within me, and I encourage you to do the same."
PASTOR RASOOL BERRY
Bridge Church, New York City
"Eric Mason and team have captured, in one sitting, the rumblings of the cultural winds that threaten to knock down the pillars of our truth that are lost in retweets and likes and memes. This book shouts loud to our times! Jesus is real! No cap."
KIRK FRANKLIN
Award-winning gospel artist
"Urban Apologetics is about the defense of the faith and, more particularly, a contextualized defense of the faith, all with an irenic tone from brothers and sisters in Christ that will stir believers within and without the Black community to spiritual solidarity under Jesus our king and brother."
DR. MICHAEL S. HEISER
Executive director, Awakening School of Theology and Ministry, Jacksonville, FL, bestselling author of The Unseen Realm, cohost of The Naked Bible Podcast
"It is my privilege to endorse this very timely and important work, full of information and insight. If you care about communicating to the rising generation, this book is worth your time."
DR. CRAIG S. KEENER
F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary
"Urban Apologetics shows the reader how God transforms persuasive ideological arguments into gospel opportunities, proclaiming Christ’s victory over sin, error, and human insufficiency—for his glory and fame."
K. A. ELLIS
Director, the Edmiston Center for the Study of the Bible and Ethnicity
"Urban Apologetics reveals the racial biases—evangelical and secular—that have been baptized as truth and masqueraded as the only right readings of history, theology, and Scripture. It is a masterful work that lays bare the weaknesses of the Black religious identity cults for those tempted to find hope and power in their teachings."
ERIC C. REDMOND
PhD, professor of Bible, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, associate pastor of preaching, teaching, and care, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois
"Urban Apologetics is a godsend, a book that is fully equipped to demolish the myth that 'Christianity is the white man’s religion' once and for all. Through scholarship that is irrefutable and writing that is engaging and understandable to laymen and academics alike, this work is a must-read for anyone interested in reaching people of African descent with the gospel."
CHRIS BROUSSARD
Founder and president, the K.I.N.G. Movement, internationally known sports broadcaster
"Urban Apologetics is one of those rare books that will become a baton to be handed to men and women who are serious about global gospel transformation."
PASTOR JAMES WHITE
Executive VP of organizational relations at the YMCA
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MEET THE EDITOR
ERIC MASON (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is the founder and senior pastor of Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, as well as the founder and president of Thriving, an urban resource organization committed to developing believers for ministry in the urban context. He has authored six books: Manhood Restored, Beat God to the Punch, Nehemiah for You, Unleashed, Urban Apologetics, and Woke Church. Eric and his wife, Yvette, have four living children.
