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Journeying in the wilderness : forming faith in the 21st century / Terri Martinson Elton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Word & world booksPublisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2020Description: 226 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1506455603
  • 9781506455600
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4637 .E48 2020
Contents:
Welcome to the wilderness : embracing the call -- Finding dynamic stability : GPS for the journey -- Discerning the trail : on the way -- People on the move : #LivingAbundant -- Travelers gathering and scattering : sanctuaries, campfires, and outposts.
Summary: Faith formation in the church setting is contextual, and multiple forces are coming together today to create seismic contextual changes at record speeds. For the church to take seriously its call to form faith in each generation, it must be attentive to current contextual realities. Terri Martinson Elton places a confessional understanding of fiath in dialogue with five context-altering forces in order to provide a pathway for congregations to reimagine fiath formation in the midst of twenty-first century realities.--back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Book on Reserve Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia Reserve Books (Short-term Checkouts) BV4637 .E48 2020 1 Available 31794003182822

ULS: Spiritual Formation Through Understanding the Fragments of the Face of God: Transformative Learning, Media Literacy and the Lives of Saints ULS: Spring 2025

Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BV4637 .E48 2020 Available 35898001740691

Includes bibliography (pages 213-220).

Welcome to the wilderness : embracing the call -- Finding dynamic stability : GPS for the journey -- Discerning the trail : on the way -- People on the move : #LivingAbundant -- Travelers gathering and scattering : sanctuaries, campfires, and outposts.

Faith formation in the church setting is contextual, and multiple forces are coming together today to create seismic contextual changes at record speeds. For the church to take seriously its call to form faith in each generation, it must be attentive to current contextual realities. Terri Martinson Elton places a confessional understanding of fiath in dialogue with five context-altering forces in order to provide a pathway for congregations to reimagine fiath formation in the midst of twenty-first century realities.--back cover.

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