Church after Christendom / Stuart Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Stuart, author.

Series:

After Christendom.

After Christendom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--20th century.

Church history.

Church history--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Keynes, [England] : Paternoster, 2012.

Summary:

How will the western church negotiate the demise of Christendom? Can it rediscover its primary calling, recover its authentic ethos and regain its nerve? If churches are to thrive--or even survive--disturbing questions need to be confronted and answered. In conversation with Christians who have left the church and with those who are experimenting with fresh expressions of church, Stuart Murray explores both the emerging and inherited church scenes and makes proposals for the development of a way of being church suitable for a postdenominational, postcommitment and post-Christendom era. With chapters on mission, community and worship, Church After Christendom offers a vision of church life that is healthy, sustainable, liberating, peaceful and missional.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Shape; Part Two: Ethos; Select Bibliography; Prologue; 1. Church After Christendom: Belonging/Believing/Behaving; 2. Church After Christendom: Comings and Goings; 3. Church After Christendom: Will It Emergefi; 4. Church After Christendom: Will It Evolvefi; Prologue; 5. Church After Christendom: Mission; 6. Church After Christendom: Community; 7. Church After Christendom: Worship; 8. Church After Christendom: Simple and Sustainable

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2016).

ISBN:

1-78078-401-5