Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church

Metzger, Paul Louis

ISBN 10: 0802830684 / ISBN 13: 9780802830685

Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2007

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Study guide available Foreword by Donald Miller Afterword by John M. Perkins Many Americans think that race problems are a thing of the past because we no longer live under the Jim Crow laws that once sustained overt structures of segregation. Unfortunately, says Paul Louis Metzger, today we live under an updated version of segregation, through the subtle power of unchallenged norms of consumer preference. Consumerism affects and infects the church, reinforcing race and class divisions in society. Intentionally or unintentionally, many churches have set up structures of church growth that foster segregation, such as appealing to consumer appetites. Metzger here argues that the evangelical Christian church needs to admit this fault and intentionally move away from race, class, and consumer segregation. Challenging the consumerism that fosters ethnic and economic divisions and distorts evangelical Christianity, Consuming Jesus puts forth a theologically grounded call to restructure the church's passions and practices, transforming the evangelical imagination around a nobler, all-consuming vision of the Christian faith. Visit the Consuming Jesus blog created by the The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins at: http://consumingjesus.org/

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Paul Louis Metzger is Professor of Theology & Culture at Multnomah University and Seminary and Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins. His works include Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church and Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction.

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Titel: Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class ...
Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good