Past and prospect : the promise of Nazarene history / Stan Ingersol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingersol, Stan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of the Nazarene--History.

Church of the Nazarene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 117 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California ; Eugene, Oregon : Point Loma Press : Wipf & Stock, [2014]

Summary:

Today the Church of the Nazarene faces issues that arise directly out of its past. For that reason, Past and Prospect argues that Nazarenes will be better equipped to face their future as a church armed by an understanding of their own history. Church historian Stan Ingersol examines issues that have characterized the Nazarene way of life during that denomination's first century, showing how the trajectory shaped by the church's founders has been altered through time by the shifting tides of Fundamentalism, mainstream Evangelicalism, global expansion, and the culture of affluence. He contends that current disagreements over polity, holiness, and worship are largely echoes and projections of tensions that have been present in the denomination since its very beginning. As the reader will discover, the common denominator running through these chapters is the prospect of rediscovering a relevant and useful past.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781630878597

1630878596