The Transition Movement for Churches: A Prophetic Imperative for Today - Softcover

Gorringe, Tim; Beckham, Rosie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848255071 ISBN 13: 9781848255074

Verlag: Canterbury Press, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

•The first book from a practical Christian and theological perspective on the fast-growing Transition Movement•Will equip local churches to engage with a contemporary social and spiritual movement towards greater simplicity •Officially supported by Social Responsibility networks in the Anglican, RC, Methodist, URC and Baptist denominations. The Transition Town Movement is a fast growing social movement with hundreds of local groups which aims to prepare communities for the impact of peak oil and climate change. Many Christians are involved already, but this is the first book to equip local churches to engage with the movement towards greater simplicity.It provides:•the main tenets of Transition•a theological vision of the Church as a Transition movement by showing the commonalities that already exist•signs that the movement is grounded in the visionary and prophetic•examples of green Church initiatives and Transition projects•suggestions of how to incorporate Transition ideas into worship and pastoral practice and policy•ways to build bridges and partnerships between church communities and Transition communities

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Tim Gorringe is an Anglican priest who has taught in India, Oxford, St Andrews and Exeter. He is married and runs a smallholding in mid Devon.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Canterbury Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848255071
• ISBN 13: 9781848255074
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96
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