Shaping the church: the promise of implicit theology
Martyn Percy
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العنوان واسم المؤلف
Shaping the church: the promise of implicit theology / Martyn Percyبيانات النشر
فارنهام : Ashgate Pub، 2010مالمواصفات الشكلية
391 p.; 52 cm.الموضوع
Churchمسلسل
(Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology؛ )اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]771[-581( and index.
المحتويات
Introduction: The promise of implicit theology -- pt. 1. Sacraments: spiritual life. Baptism: belief, practice and culture -- Confirmation and conversion : continuity and change -- Tripping down the aisle : churchgoing, culture and contemporary eucharistic practice -- pt. 2. Church : the nature of the body. Fresh expressions : a critique of consumerism -- Alternative perspectives : can there be 'liberal' church growth? -- Organic church growth : some possibilties -- pt. 3. Ministry : practising theology. Herding cats? : leading the Church (of England) in a new age -- Sacred sagacity : the dynamics of formation -- Feeling for the church : emotion and anger in ecclesial polity -- Conclusion: Shaping the church