The Logic of Renewal - Brossura

Abraham, William J.

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ISBN 10: 0802826563 ISBN 13: 9780802826565

Casa editrice: Eerdmans Pub Co, 2003

Riassunto

In The Logic of Renewal William Abraham helps church leaders and members get their bearings in the renewal debate by analyzing the most salient proposals for church renewal that have surfaced over the last fifty years. In successive chapters he pairs outspoken figures who (in all but one chapter) represent strongly contrasting convictions - James T. Draper and Dennis Bennett, Lesslie Newbigin and John Shelby Spong. Rosemary Radford Ruether and Cardinal Ratzinger, Martin Luther King Jr. and Archbishop Romero, Alexander Schmemann and Gilbert Bilezikian, Don Cupitt and Edward Norman, C. Peter Wagner and R. R. Reno. Abraham gives special attention to the theological assumptions of each proposal, highlights its overall strengths and weaknesses, and develops his own proposals for church renewal through interaction with those under review.

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L'autore:

William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

Product Description:

A bracing vision for the future of church renewal. The Logic of Renewal offers a wise, accurate, and careful analysis of the many proposals for church renewal that have surfaced over the last fifty years. William Abraham, one of America's finest religious thinkers, here helps church leaders and members get their bearings in this windy debate, and he points a positive course into the future. Abraham's approach is straightforward and accessible. In successive chapters he reviews the range of movements and figures behind recent proposals for church renewal, giving special attention to the theological assumptions of each proposal and highlighting its overall strengths and weaknesses. The proposal discussed are drawn from every corner of the church and theological orientation--from Neo-Pentecostalism to Eastern Orthodoxy. Even the rejection of church renewal is articulated and evaluated. In a final chapter Abraham outlines his own vision of church renewal in the new millennium. Lively, smart, and engaging, The Logic of Renewal will redefine the way congregations think about church life.

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• Editore: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0802826563
• ISBN 13: 9780802826565
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160