Among a growing body of recent scholarship that has shown interest in the geneses, definitions, and assessments of secularism is Brad Gregory’s book The Unintended Reformation. This essay begins with a brief assessment of Gregory’s thesis. By way of response, it then offers four reflections on what are live challenges for those Christian communities committed to a refusal to withdraw from sharing and creating common life with others, and for whom the various reformations of the sixteenth century remain critical for the formation of their identities. The reflections concern (1) the character and conditions of belief; (2) the existence of the church in late Christendom; (3) the church’s worldliness; and (4) the character of faithful public life. Each of these themes has pressing implications for the ongoing life of the reformed project.

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改革与世俗

最近越来越多的学者对世俗主义的起源、定义和评估表现出兴趣，其中之一是布拉德·格雷戈里 (Brad Gregory) 的著作《意外的改革》(The Unintended Reformation)。本文首先对格雷戈里的论文进行简要评估。作为回应，它随后提出了四点思考，对于那些致力于拒绝与他人分享和创造共同生活的基督徒社区来说，什么是生活挑战，对他们来说，16 世纪的各种改革对于他们的形成仍然至关重要。他们的身份。反思涉及（1）信仰的特征和条件；(2) 基督教世界晚期教会的存在；(3) 教会的世俗性；(4) 忠实的公共生活的特征。这些主题中的每一个都对改革后项目的持续生命具有紧迫的影响。