Malesic, Jonathan,  1975- <br/><br/>
Secret faith in the public square :  an argument for the concealment of Christian identity / 
Jonathan Malesic. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  Brazos Press,  c2009. 
 - 248 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Secrecy and Christian faith in contemporary America -- Promoting secrecy in a Christian empire : Cyril of Jerusalem's discipline of the secret -- Liturgical secrecy as Cyril's defense against opportunism and imperial authority -- The secret of faith in Kierkegaard's Works of love -- How Kierkegaard's secret agape subverts bourgeois culture -- Bonhoeffer's Arkandisziplin : Christian confession in a world come of age -- The limits of Arkandisziplin and of the secular -- The secret-keeping self and Christian responsibility for the other -- The church as a community of hidden disciples -- Secret faith's fulfillment of the church's mission in America : an engagement with Hauerwas -- Epilogue: The challenge of ambiguous religious identity in Wise blood and The moviegoer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781587432262 (pbk.) 1587432269 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009013061 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Identification (Religion)<br/>Christian life--United States.<br/>Identification (Religion)--History of doctrines.<br/>Secrecy--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Religious life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV 4509.5 .M2563 2009