Church in the Present Tense
Subtitle: a candid look at what's emerging
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781587432996
Description: Four authors discuss important cultural, theological, philosophical, and biblical underpinnings and implications of the emerging church movement. Their sympathetic yet critical assessment helps readers better understand the roots of the movement and the impact that it has had and is having on wider traditions.--From publisher description
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The emerging church / Kevin Corcoran; title: Philosophy.; title: Who's afraid of philosophical realism?: taking emerging Christianity to task / Kevin Corcoran; title: The worldly theology of emerging Christianity / Peter Rollins; title: Theology.; title: Consumer liturgies and their corrosive effects on Christian identity / Jason Clark; title: Thy kingdom come (on earth): an emerging eschatology / Kevin Corcoran; title: Worship.; title: The renewal of liturgy in the emerging church / Jason Clark; title: Transformance art: reconfiguring the social self / Peter Rollins; title: Bible and doctrine.; title: Scripture in the emerging movement / Scot McKnight; title: Atonement and gospel / Scot McKnight