The Difficult But Indispensable ChurchNorma Cook Everist Twenty-one theologians from Wartburg Seminary offer new views of church as the indispensable site of radical Christian commitment and an essential healer for a hurting world. |
Contents
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The Psalms Individual Laments as Communal Hymns | 23 |
The WellBeing of Individuals and the Health of the Community | 33 |
ReMembering the Body of Christ Creating Trustworthy Places to Be Different Together | 45 |
The Pauline Letters as Models for Christian Practice 1 Thessalonians as a Case Study | 59 |
Believing in God through Others Believing in God for Others | 71 |
The Community of Faith as a Confessional Norm Universalism and Evangelism | 83 |
The Church as Organism Characteristics of a Young Church | 137 |
Mission as an Oriental Fan A Plea for Missionhood of All Believers | 149 |
Youth and Family Ministry as Congregational and Community Renewal | 161 |
Discovering Hope Marks of Vitality and Practices That Form Communities for Mission | 171 |
American Civil Religion A De Facto Church | 181 |
Imagining the New Community in Christ and the Challenges of Race and Class | 191 |
The Body of Christ and the Issue of Required Celibacy | 199 |
Can This Community Live? A Historical and Contemporary Perspective | 209 |
Living Together Faithfully with Our Different Readings of the Bible | 93 |
Practice Where You Preach Conditions for Good Preachers | 105 |
Communio as a Basis for Moral Formation Deliberation and Action | 115 |
We Are the Body of Christ Ecclesiology for a Church in Mission | 127 |
After the Jubilee The Churchs Advocacy Role | 219 |
Afterword | 229 |
Notes | 231 |
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References to this book
Transforming Leadership: New Vision for a Church in Mission Norma Cook Everist,Craig L. Nessan No preview available - 2008 |