The new christians : dispatches from the emergent frontier
What the "Emergent Church Movement" is all about-and why it matters to the future of ChristianityFollowing on the questions raised by Brian McLaren in A New Kind of Christian, Tony Jones has written an engaging exploration of what this new kind of Christianity looks like. Writing "dispatches" about the thinking and practices of adventurous Emergent Christians across the country, he offers an in-depth view of this new "third way" of faith-its origins, its theology, and its views of truth, scripture and interpretation, and the Emergent movement's hopeful and life-giving sense of community. With the depth of theological expertise and broad perspective he has gained as a pastor, writer, and leader of the movement, Jones initiates readers into the Emergent conversation and offers a new way forward for Christians in a post-Christian world. With journalistic narrative as well as authoritative reflection, he draws upon on-site research to provide fascinating examples and firsthand stories of who is doing what, where, and why it matters
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""Praise""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""A LIVING WAY""; ""Foreword""; ""Dedication""; ""PREFACE""; ""Introduction""; ""Some Working Definitions of Terms Used in This Book""; ""CHAPTER 1
LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY""; """"CHURCH IS DEAD""""; ""SIGNS OF DEATHâ€"AND LIFE""; ""THE PROBLEM ON THE LEFT""; ""A CASE STUDY: GO WHERE I SEND THEE""; ""THE PROBLEM ON THE RIGHT""; ""A CASE STUDY: DON′T ASK US ABOUT THE CHICKENS""; ""THE REAL PROBLEM: LEFT VERSUS RIGHT""; ""CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE""; ""CHAPTER 2
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONTIER OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH""; ""AN ALLEGORY"" ""THE PEOPLE’S LITURGY: CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES""""TIME TO RETHINK SEMINARY""; ""MYCHURCH: A PAEAN TO SOLOMON’S PORCH""; ""EPILOGUE: FERAL CHRISTIANS""; ""APPENDICES""; ""NOTES""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""THE AUTHOR""; ""INDEX""