As Christians how do we get analytical and apologetic traction with our contemporary culture(s)? In this talk, and using specific examples, we outline the 'subversive fulfilment' framework for cultural engagement, spotlighting the tool of the 'magnetic points' put forward by the Dutch Reformed missiologist J.H. Bavinck.
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Daniel Strange is director of Crosslands Forum, a centre for cultural engagement and missional innovation. Formerly he was college director and tutor in culture, religion, and public theology at Oak Hill College, London. Strange is a contributing editor for Themelios, Vice-president of The Southgate Fellowship and a fellow of both the Ezra Institute and the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He is an elder at Hope Community Church, Gateshead, UK, which is part of the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FIEC). His book, Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock: A Theology of Religions (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015), received an award of merit for theology/ethics in the Christianity Today 2016 Book Awards. His most recent books are Plugged In (The Good Book Company, 2019), and Making Faith Magnetic (The Good Book Company, 2021).
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