Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus

Smith, C. Christopher; Pattison, John

ISBN 10: 0830841148 / ISBN 13: 9780830841141

Verlag: IVP, 2014

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0830841148I4N00

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Readers' Choice Award Winner Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church? The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism. In the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: C. Christopher Smith is a member of the Englewood Christian Church community and editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He and his wife Jeni have three adult children and live in a house across the parking lot from the Englewood church building, which they have shared with a number of church members over the years. In addition to editing The Englewood Review of Books, Chris is the author of numerous books, including the award-winning Slow Church (2014, co-authored with John Pattison) and his most recent, How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (2019). All of his work-reading, writing, speaking-focuses on helping congregations cultivate a deeper life together by reading, thinking, imagining, and most importantly, by talking together. He regularly teaches these interwoven practices in congregational, academic, denominational, and ecumenical settings.

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Titel: Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the ...
Verlag: IVP
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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