Good News in Exile: Three Pastors Offer a Hopeful Vision for the Church

Copenhaver, Martin B.; Robinson, Anthony B.; Willimon, William H.

ISBN 10: 0802846041 / ISBN 13: 9780802846044

Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI, 1999

Beschreibung

Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 066724

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Good News in Exile: Three Pastors Offer a Hopeful Vision for the Church
• Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0802846041
• ISBN-13: 9780802846044
• Einband: Soft cover
• Zustand: Very Good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

With the recognition of the sweeping changes now taking place in North American society comes the realization that Protestant mainline churches no longer enjoy the privileged status they once did. In this forward-looking contribution to pastoral theology, three leading ministers discuss the state of church life today, explore the particular opportunities that our new world offers the church, and provide a clear picture of what a new, "postliberal" church can look like in practice.

Speaking directly to pastors and church leaders who find the liberal/conservative polarity tired and unhelpful, the authors interact with the theoretical work of George Lindbeck, Stanley Hauerwas, and others as they trace strategies for a new way to do church. The three authors also provide autobiographical sketches that tell how their years of diverse church experiences have led to their new perspectives.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Martin B. Copenhaver is president of Andover Newton Theological School and a United Church of Christ minister.

Anthony B. Robinson travels throughout North America as a speaker, teacher, preacher, consultant and coach serving congregations and their leaders. He is also president of the Seattle-based Congregational Leadership Northwest and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. His other books include the award-winning What's Theology Got to Do with It? and Stewardship for Vital Congregations.

Will Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. He is an internationally renowned preacher and widely read author noted for his humor, his insight into the Christian faith, and his theological commitment. His many books have sold over a million copies.

Martin B. Copenhaver is senior pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church in Wellesley, Massachusetts.