| After Baptism: Shaping the Christian Life Contributor(s): Burgess, John P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664228844 ISBN-13: 9780664228842 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $28.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2005 Annotation: In today's world in which Christianity is just one option out of many, what makes Christian identity distinctive? Burgess believes that in the sacraments and the commandments we will find amazing sources for renewing the Christian life and resisting those aspects of culture that would define identity in terms of material goods and consumption. He demonstrates how baptism, the eucharist, and the commandments offer basic orientation points for Christian existence and suggest key practices and disciplines that will give the Christian life solid form today and make Christian identity distinctive. In this book he aims to stimulate pastors, educators, and church leaders to encourage the church to practice ways of life together that help families, small groups, and individuals discover a more faithful living of the faith. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Discipleship - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: 268 |
| LCCN: 2004057237 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Reformed - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Burgess explores the distinctive qualities of Christian identity by demonstrating how baptism, the Eucharist, and the Commandments are basic points of orientation for Christians. He challenges the church and its members to identify and claim key practices and disciplines of faith to deepen baptismal identity and give the Christian life solid form today. His work ultimately seeks to stimulate pastors, educators, and church leaders to encourage the church to practice ways of life together that will lead to a more faithful living of the Christian faith. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burgess, John P.: - John P. Burgess is the James Henry Snowden Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Why Scripture Matters: Reading the Bible in a Time of Church Crisis and editor of In Whose Image? Faith, Science, and the New Genetics, both published by WJK. |