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Heath, Elaine A., Kisker, Scott T. - Longing for Spring: A New Vision for Wesleyan Community - 9780718892425 - V9780718892425
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Longing for Spring: A New Vision for Wesleyan Community

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Description for Longing for Spring: A New Vision for Wesleyan Community Paperback. Delving into the widespread, contemporary longing for a more serious and communal experience of Christianity, this book provides important theoretical underpinnings and casts a vision for a new monasticism within the Wesleyan tradition. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
Delving into the widespread, contemporary longing for a more serious and communal experience of Christianity, this book provides important theoretical underpinnings and casts a vision for a new monasticism within the Wesleyan tradition. Elaine Heath and Scott Kisker call for the planting of neo-monastic churches which embody the Wesleyan vision of holiness in postmodern contexts. This book also points toward some vital shifts that are necessary in theological education in order to equip pastors to lead such communities. Longing for Spring helps Wesleyans of all stripes understand the theory and praxis necessary for planting neo-monastic communities as a new model ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
118
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718892425
SKU
V9780718892425
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About Heath, Elaine A., Kisker, Scott T.
Elaine A. Heath is Assistant Professor of Evangelism in the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is the author of 'The Mystic Way of Evangelism' (2008). Scott Kisker is the James Cecil Logan Associate Professor of Evangelism and Wesley Studies at Wesley Theological Seminary, and is the author of Foundation for Revival (2007).

Reviews for Longing for Spring: A New Vision for Wesleyan Community
'(This book) offers an important, radical, practically-oriented message from which contemporary Christians - especially those in the affluent West - could greatly benefit. Its purpose is simple: to rediscover the importance of the monastic tradition for contemporary communal, practical, socially activist Christian living - The work is a reminder that monasticism need not mean separation or escapism. Rather, it ... Read more

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