The Deconstructed Church

Understanding Emerging Christianity

AvGerardo Marti,Gladys Ganiel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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The Emerging Church Movement (ECM) is a creative, entrepreneurial religious movement that strives to achieve social legitimacy and spiritual vitality by actively disassociating from its roots in conservative, evangelical Christianity and ''deconstructing'' contemporary expressions of Christianity. Emerging Christians see themselves as overturning outdated interpretations of the Bible, transforming hierarchical religious institutions, and re-orienting Christianity to step outside the walls of church buildings toward working among and serving others in the ''real world.''Drawing on ethnographic observations from emerging congregations, pub churches, neo-monastic communities, conferences, online networks, in-depth interviews, and congregational surveys in the US, UK, and Ireland, Gerardo Marti and Gladys Ganiel provide a comprehensive social scientific analysis of the development and significance of the ECM. Emerging Christians are shaping a distinct religious orientation that encourages individualism, deep relationships with others, new ideas about the nature of truth, doubt, and God, and innovations in preaching, worship, Eucharist, and leadership.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-06-19
Mått:236 x 157 x 25 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780199959884

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Gerardo Marti is L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. He is author of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church, Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church, and Worship across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial ChurchGladys Ganiel is Lecturer and the Programme Coordinator of the Master's in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics). She is author of Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland and co-author (with Clare Mitchell) of Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture

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Using social scientific methods, such as participant observation, focus groups and in-depth interviews, as well as surveys and textual sources (including a lot of online material), The Deconstructed Church is one of the most comprehensive guides to the Emerging Church Movement (ECM) to date.

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Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Pluralist Congregations ; 3. Being an Emerging Christian ; 4. Faith as Conversation ; 5. Deconstructing Congregational Practices ; 6. Following Jesus in the Real World ; 7. Understanding Emerging Christianity ; Appendix: Research Methodology ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index