| Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus Contributor(s): Smith, C. Christopher (Author), Pattison, John (Author), Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0830841148 ISBN-13: 9780830841141 Publisher: IVP OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources - Religion | Christian Church - Growth - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 253 |
| LCCN: 2014011067 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 247 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description:
Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church? The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism. In the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, C. Christopher: - Chris's writing has appeared inBooks and Culture, Sojourners, The Christian Century and Indiana Green Living.Pattison, John: - Formerly the managing editor ofCONSPIRE Magazine and deputy editor of the Burnside Writers Collective, Pattison's essays, articles and reviews have appeared in Relevant, Books & Culture and the Englewood Review of Books. He is also a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle. He lives with his wife Kate and their two daughters in Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley.Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan: - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (M.Div., Duke Divinity School) is director of the School for Conversion in Durham, North Carolina, where he is a member of the Rutba House new monastic community. He is the author ofTo Baghdad and Beyond and coauthor of Inhabiting the Church: Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism. He is also the coeditor of School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism. Catch up with him at newmonasticism.org. |