Discerning the body
Subtitle: searching for Jesus in the world
By: Jason Byassee; foreword by Martin E. Marty
Contributors: Marty, Martin E., 1928-, writer of foreword
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781620323762
Subjects: Christian life; Church; Christianity; Christianity and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Searching for Jesus in local congregations. Emerging model: a visit to Jacob's Well; title: The church downtown: strategies for urban ministry; title: Africentric church: a visit to Chicago's Trinity UCC; title: Synchronized worship: the rise of the multicampus church; title: It's simul justus, not the tattoos: a profile of Nadia Bolz-Weber and House for All Sinners and Saints; title: pt. 2. Searching for Jesus in popular evangelicalism. The new monastics: alternative Christian communities; title: Be happy: the health and wealth gospel of Joel Osteen; title: En-raptured: will we be "Left Behind"?; title: Dinosaurs in the garden: a visit to the Creation Museum; title: Jeremiah Wright, evangelicals' brother in Christ; title: The almost formerly important: lessons of the old mainline for the new mainline; title: pt. 3. Searching for Jesus in the church in Africa. Perilous presence: Christians in Uganda; title: Holy space in Uganda; title: How the church grew in South Sudan; title: Surprises in Sudan: reading the Bible with Southern Sudanese Christians; title: The muse of church revival in Sudan; title: Why haven't they left? Stability in the church of Sudan; title: University presidents in the Congo: how to stop a war; title: Leadership as dancing the dance of all your people; title: pt. 4. Searching for Jesus among Roman Catholics. What about Mary? Protestants and Marian devotion; title: On the grace-filled life; title: Santuary: Mary, Methodists, and immigration; title: Joseph: stepfather to God; title: Mass appeal? Attending a Latin liturgy; title: Dare to discipline? John Kerry and Communion; title: Going Catholic: six journeys to Rome; title: Fathers and sons at the beach; title: pt. 5. Searching for Jesus in popular culture. What you're looking for: worship at the U2charist; title: Saint Lebowski; title: Messge of light: an interview with Seth Avett; title: The banjo lesson: the Carolina Chocolate Drops; title: The difficulty and glory of collaboration; title: pt. 6. Searching for Jesus in sports. Holy hoops: the quasi-religious basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina; title: Duke basketball: you are what you do regularly, excellently; title: Invisible, sticky leaders; title: The last guy on the bench: Casey Peters; title: Duke football: how to react to a failure that's not your fault?; title: Marathons: straining toward holiness: together; title: Marathons as grace or heresy?; title: pt. 7. Searching for Jesus in Christian institutions. Hierarchy of holiness; title: Outrageous ambition in East Africa; title: Campuses of the kingdom; title: Cells in the body of Christ; title: Luring a campus into the faith; title: Academic diversity through church affiliation; title: pt. 8. Searching for Jesus amidst the task of writing. Why religious journalism is boring; title: Paying attention; title: Abounding in hope; title: Joining the communion of saints and writing the unwritable word.