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The Deconstructed Church. Understanding Emerging Christianity.
Marti, Gerardo; Ganiel, Gladys
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Description for The Deconstructed Church. Understanding Emerging Christianity.
Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JM; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
The Emerging Church Movement (ECM) is a creative, entrepreneurial religious movement that strives to achieve social legitimacy and spiritual vitality by actively disassociating from its roots in conservative, evangelical Christianity and ''deconstructing'' contemporary expressions of Christianity. Emerging Christians see themselves as overturning outdated interpretations of the Bible, transforming hierarchical religious institutions, and re-orienting Christianity to step outside the walls of church buildings toward working among and serving others in the ''real world.'' Drawing on ethnographic observations from emerging congregations, pub churches, neo-monastic communities, conferences, online networks, in-depth interviews, and congregational surveys in the US, UK, and Ireland, Gerardo Marti ... Read more
The Emerging Church Movement (ECM) is a creative, entrepreneurial religious movement that strives to achieve social legitimacy and spiritual vitality by actively disassociating from its roots in conservative, evangelical Christianity and ''deconstructing'' contemporary expressions of Christianity. Emerging Christians see themselves as overturning outdated interpretations of the Bible, transforming hierarchical religious institutions, and re-orienting Christianity to step outside the walls of church buildings toward working among and serving others in the ''real world.'' Drawing on ethnographic observations from emerging congregations, pub churches, neo-monastic communities, conferences, online networks, in-depth interviews, and congregational surveys in the US, UK, and Ireland, Gerardo Marti ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199959884
SKU
V9780199959884
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About Marti, Gerardo; Ganiel, Gladys
Gerardo Marti is L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. He is author of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church, Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church, and Worship across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Church Gladys Ganiel is Lecturer and the Programme Coordinator ... Read more
Reviews for The Deconstructed Church. Understanding Emerging Christianity.
Using social scientific methods, such as participant observation, focus groups and in-depth interviews, as well as surveys and textual sources (including a lot of online material), The Deconstructed Church is one of the most comprehensive guides to the Emerging Church Movement (ECM) to date.
Kevin N. Cawley, Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions
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