^[1] Wikipedia: the Online Encyclopedia, “Culture” np [cited 04 April 2011] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

^[2] G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy.  (Chicago: Moody Publishers: Kindle Edition, 2009), Location 855.

^[3] The Bible: Today’s New International Version. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan), 1 Corinthians 13:12

^[4] Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir, (Grand Rapids: Wm B. Erdman Publishing Co. Kindle edition 2010), Location 2259.

^[5] Rudolf  Bultmann, New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings. (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984), 3.

^[6] Stanley Hauerwas and William Wilimon, Resident aliens. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989: Kindle Edition) Location 887

^[7] Alex Witchel, “AT LUNCH WITH Malachy McCourt” np. [cited 4 Apr 2011] http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/29/books/lunch-with-malachy-mccourt-rogue-turns-himself-into-saint-blarney-fails-hide.html

^[8] Gerald Loughlin, Telling God’s Story. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), 18.

^[9] Susan Patterson, Realist Christian Theology in a Post-Modern Context. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: Kindle edition, 1999), Location 146.

^[10] The Columbia World of Quotations. (Columbia University Press) reference no. 48129

^[11] Hauerwas, Resident Aliens. Location 1101

^[12] Hauerwas, Resident Aliens. Location 1102

^[13] Leslie Newbiggen, Foolishness to the Greeks. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmanns, 1986, Kindle edition) Location 1717

^[14] Walter Brueggemann, An Unsettling God. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press: Kindle Edition, 2009), Location 38.

^[15] Stephen B. Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology: Revised and Expanded Edition. (Orbis Books, 1992), 21.

^[16] Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology. 21.

^[17] The Bible. Genesis 1:31

^[18] The Bible. Genesis 1:28

^[19] The Bible. Genesis 2:19

^[20] Hauerwas, Hannah’s Child. Location 2258

^[21] Hauerwas, Resident Aliens. Location 660

^[22] Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants. (New York: Viking: the Penguin Group. Kindle edition 2009) Location 2162.

^[23] John H. Yoder, “How H. Richard Niebuhr Reasoned: A Critique of Christ and Culture,” published in Authentic Transformation: A New Vision of Christ and Culture, ed. Glen H. Stassen, D. M. Yeager, and John Howard Yoder (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996) pg. 66

^[24] Thomas N. Finger, A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology. (Downers Grove: Inter Varsity Press, 2004) pg. 502

^[25] Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture. (New York. Harper Collins, 1951) pg. 83

^[26] J. Daryl Charles, Retrieving the Natural Law: a return to first things. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmanns, 2008) pg. 146

^[27] Angus J. L. Menuge, Christ and Culture in Dialogue: Constructive Themes and Practical Applications (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1999.) [cited 4 Apr 2011] http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissar26.htm#26

^[28] Niebuhr, Christ and Culture. pg. 145

^[29] Martin Luther, Temporal Authority. [cited 4 Apr 2011] http://pages.uoregon.edu/sshoemak/323/texts/luther~1.htm

^[30] Martin Luther, Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants. [cited 4 Apr 2011] http://www.scrollpublishing.com/store/Luther-Peasants.html

^[31] Niebuhr, Christ and Culture. pg. 194

^[32] John H. Yoder, How H. Richard Niebuhr Reasoned. pg. 50

^[33] Robert Farrar Capon, Parables of Kingdom, Grace and Judgement. (Grand Rapids. Wm B. Eerdmans 2002) Location 217

^[34] Capon, Parables of Kingdom, Grace and Judgement. Location 254

^[35] The Bible. Deuteronomy 22:28-29 TNIV

^[36] The Bible. Ephesians 5:33 TNIV

^[37] The Bible. 1 Corinthians 11:13 TNIV

^[38] The Bible. 1 Timothy 2:11 TNIV

^[39] The Bible. 1 Timothy 2:11 TNIV

^[40] The Bible. Exodus 21:20 TNIV

^[41] The Bible. Philemon TNIV

^[42] United Nations, Supplemental Convention on the Abolition of Slavery. 1956 [cited 4 Apr 2011] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_1956_Supplementary_Convention_on_the_Abolition_of_Slavery accessed 04/04/2011

^[43] The Bible. Acts 15:28-29 TNIV

^[44] Thayer’s Greek Lexicon no. 1380