The Church In A Postmodern Culture

Author : James K. A. Smith
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441200396

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Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by James K. A. Smith Pdf

The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern thought and are seemingly at odds with the Christian faith. However, James K. A. Smith claims that their ideas have been misinterpreted and actually have a deep affinity with central Christian claims. Each chapter opens with an illustration from a recent movie and concludes with a case study considering recent developments in the church that have attempted to respond to the postmodern condition, such as the "emerging church" movement. These case studies provide a concrete picture of how postmodern ideas can influence the way Christians think and worship. This significant book, winner of a Christianity Today 2007 Book Award, avoids philosophical jargon and offers fuller explanation where needed. It is the first book in the Church and Postmodern Culture series, which provides practical applications for Christians engaged in ministry in a postmodern world.

Author : Carl Raschke
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780801032615

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GloboChrist by Carl Raschke Pdf

A leading postmodern thinker discusses the church's need to reconsider the Great Commission in light of globalization and the spread of technology with specific strategies for meeting current challenges.

Author : John D. Caputo
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441200363

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What Would Jesus Deconstruct? (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by John D. Caputo Pdf

This provocative addition to The Church and Postmodern Culture series offers a lively rereading of Charles Sheldon's In His Steps as a constructive way forward. John D. Caputo introduces the notion of why the church needs deconstruction, positively defines deconstruction's role in renewal, deconstructs idols of the church, and imagines the future of the church in addressing the practical implications of this for the church's life through liturgy, worship, preaching, and teaching. Students of philosophy, theology, religion, and ministry, as well as others interested in engaging postmodernism and the emerging church phenomenon, will welcome this provocative, non-technical work.

Author : Eddie Gibbs,Ryan K. Bolger
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801027154

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Emerging Churches by Eddie Gibbs,Ryan K. Bolger Pdf

Provides a comprehensive examination of the emerging church phenomenon, considering emerging patterns in leadership, worship, mission, spiritual practices, and cultural engagement.

Author : Laurence Paul Hemming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Church renewal
ISBN : OCLC:1425495357

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The Church in a postmodern culture by Laurence Paul Hemming Pdf

Author : Eddie Gibbs,Ryan K. Bolger
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441200488

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Emerging Churches by Eddie Gibbs,Ryan K. Bolger Pdf

The "emerging church" movement is perhaps the most significant church trend of our day. The emerging church offers and encourages a new way of doing and being the church. While it largely resonates with an eighteen-to-thirty-four-year-old audience--the first fully postmodern generation--it is also gaining popularity with older Christians and encompasses a broad array of traditional and contemporary churches. Emerging Churches explores this movement and provides insight into its success. Filled with the latest research and interesting, anecdotal testimonies from those on the cutting edge of ministry, this book provides pastors, church leaders, and interested readers with an insightful glimpse into the thriving churches of today--and tomorrow.

Author : Graeme Fancourt
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281067985

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Brand New Church by Graeme Fancourt Pdf

Brand New Church? aims to make sense of what 'postmodern' actually looks and feels like in real life, and to ask what this means for the church. Over the past few years, Graeme Fancourt has travelled around the UK and USA consulting with a wide range of church leaders, including Sue Wallace, who founded Visions and Transcendence, Jonny Baker, a member of Grace, and Roy Searle of the Northumbria Community. He writes: "The church that I have encountered is thoughtful, active and confident in the gospel . . . Though holding many different views, these leaders all appear to take seriously the need for the church genuinely to engage (positively or negatively) with what it perceives to be the postmodern condition." The author reveals and explores the diversity of thinking found in local churches, in colleges and universities, and expressed in works of contemporary theology: the approaches of a range of writers, such as D. A. Carson, Peter Rollins, Pete Ward, Tom Wright and Stanley Hauerwas are examined to stimulating effect. The result is a thoroughly vibrant read, which offers a broad understanding of how - in these postmodern times - the church might engage fruitfully in dialogue and mission for the sake of all God's people.

Author : Gene Edward Veith (Jr.)
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : 9780891077688

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Postmodern Times by Gene Edward Veith (Jr.) Pdf

The cultural landscape is now made up of diverse "communities"--feminists, gays, neo-conservatists, African-Americans, pro-lifers--who seem to have no common frame of reference by which to communicate with each other. Veith offers Christians instructions as to how they can respond to these varied groups.

Author : Robert Brewer
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1475923503

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Postmodernism by Robert Brewer Pdf

Like most people, when I first heard about postmodernism, I thought it was absolutely the most ridiculous and ludicrous worldview I had ever encountered. Initially, it sounded like another meaningless mind game hatched by some intellectual types hidden away in an ivory tower. However, I quickly learned that postmodernism is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philisophical crises of our time and very indicative of the spiritual status of 21st Century North America. After discovering the implications of a postmodern worldview, I wanted to know what to do about it...fast. However, I was frustrated to discover that the vast majority of ministry resources, especially in the areas of personal evangelism and church growth were not geared towards reaching a postmodern culture. Therefore, I researched churches that were effectively reaching and ministering to this new generation. During this same period, over a cheeseburger and fries, some teen-agers from my church asked me, "What exactly is postmodernism and what should we be doing about it?" Minus the cheeseburger and fries this book answers these two pertinent questions for doing ministry in the 21st Century.

Author : Rodney R. Clapp
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830819908

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A Peculiar People by Rodney R. Clapp Pdf

Rodney Clapp asks and answers the question, How can the church provide a significant alternative to the culture in which it is embedded?

Author : Richard L Hamm
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827232631

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Recreating the Church by Richard L Hamm Pdf

Mainline denominations in the United States are in crisis. These institutions - created in and for modernity - are now facing a changed, postmodern culture. Hamm faces the crisis, examining its origins, and offers sound advice on how to lead to church to make the adaptive changes needed to thrive in postmodern times. A TCP Leadership Series title.

Author : Bruce Ellis Benson
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441240521

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Liturgy as a Way of Life (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by Bruce Ellis Benson Pdf

How do the arts inform and cultivate our service to God? In this addition to an award-winning series, distinguished philosopher Bruce Ellis Benson rethinks what it means to be artistic. Rather than viewing art as practiced by the few, he recovers the ancient Christian idea of presenting ourselves to God as works of art, reenvisioning art as the very core of our being: God calls us to improvise as living works of art. Benson also examines the nature of liturgy and connects art and liturgy in a new way. This book will appeal to philosophy, worship/liturgy, art, music, and theology students as well as readers interested in engaging issues of worship and aesthetics in a postmodern context, including Christian artists and worship leaders.

Author : Carl Raschke
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441210687

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GloboChrist (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by Carl Raschke Pdf

The information age has not only interconnected the world but has also shrunk it. This global dynamic impacts Christianity, especially the Great Commission. How do believers make disciples of all nations in this digital world of religious diversity? Carl Raschke, author of the acclaimed The Next Reformation, answers such questions in GloboChrist. He explores the impact of globalization, postmodernism, and information technology on missions and evangelism, as well as the role that Christianity plays in an increasingly pluralistic world. In short, he helps Christians respond to the tectonic shifts of the twenty-first century. This third volume in the well-received Church and Postmodern Culture series is relevant to students, pastors, and all who care about the future of the church.

Author : Christian Scharen
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493400263

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Fieldwork in Theology (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by Christian Scharen Pdf

In this addition to the acclaimed The Church and Postmodern Culture series, leading practical theologian Christian Scharen examines the relationship between theology and its social context. He engages with social theorist Pierre Bourdieu to offer helpful theoretical and theological grounding to those who want to reflect critically on the faith and practice of the church, particularly for those undertaking ministry internships or fieldwork assignments. As Scharen helps a wide array of readers to understand the social context of doing theology, he articulates a vision for the church's involvement with what God is doing in the world and provides concrete examples of churches living out God's mission.

Author : Daniel M. Jr. Bell
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441240415

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The Economy of Desire (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by Daniel M. Jr. Bell Pdf

In this addition to the award-winning Church and Postmodern Culture series, respected theologian Daniel Bell compares and contrasts capitalism and Christianity, showing how Christianity provides resources for faithfully navigating the postmodern global economy. Bell approaches capitalism and Christianity as alternative visions of humanity, God, and the good life. Considering faith and economics in terms of how desire is shaped, he casts the conflict as one between different disciplines of desire. He engages the work of two important postmodern philosophers, Deleuze and Foucault, to illuminate the nature of the postmodern world that the church currently inhabits. Bell then considers how the global economy deforms desire in a manner that distorts human relations with God and one another. In contrast, he presents Christianity and the tradition of the works of mercy as a way beyond capitalism and socialism, beyond philanthropy and welfare. Christianity heals desire, renewing human relations and enabling communion with God.