The younger evangelicals : facing the challenges of the new world / Robert E. Webber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webber, Robert E., 1933-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--United States.

Evangelicalism.

United States.

Physical Description:

283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, [2002]

Summary:

Beginning with a brief overview of 20th-century evangelicalism, Webber examines what is different about the 21st-century younger evangelicalsU way of thinking about faith and "practicing church." He allows these emerging leaders to speak in their own words on such issues as communication, theology, apologetics, and spiritual formation. (October)

Contents:

1. A Century of Evangelicals 23

2. A New Kind of Evangelical 43

Part 2 The Younger Evangelical Thinkers 55

3. Communication: From Print to Cultural Transmission 61

4. History: From Ahistorical to Tradition 71

5. Theology: From Propositionalism to Narrative 83

6. Apologetics: From Rationalism to Embodiment 94

7. Ecclesiology: From Invisible to Visible 107

Part 3 The Younger Evangelical Practitioners 125

8. Being Church: From Market to Mission 131

9. Pastors: From Power to Servanthood 147

10. Youth Ministers: From Parties to Prayer 154

11. Educators: From Information to Formation 163

12. Spiritual Formation: From Legalism to Freedom 173

13. Worship Leaders: From Program to Narrative 187

14. Artists: From Constraint to Expression 205

15. Evangelists: From Rallies to Relationships 216

16. Activists: From Theory to Action 227

17. A New Kind of Leadership for the Twenty-First Century 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-272) and indexes.

ISBN:

0801091527

OCLC:

50080421