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Slow church : cultivating community in the patient way of Jesus / C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, 2014Description: 246 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830841141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0830841148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 253 23
LOC classification:
  • BV4517.5 .S63 2014
Contents:
A theological vision for slow church -- Terroir : taste and see -- Stability : fidelity to people and place -- Patience : entering into the suffering of others -- Wholeness : the reconciliation of all things -- Work : cooperting with God's reconciling mission -- Sabbath : the rhythm of reconciliation -- Abundance : the economy of creation -- Gratitude : receiving the good gifts of God -- Hospitality : generously sharing God's abundance -- Dinner table conversation as a way of being church
Summary: Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church? The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism. In the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BV4517.5 .S63 2014 1 Available 31794003175321
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV4517.5 .S63 2014 Available Temporarily Shelved at GETTY General Collection -Lower Level 35898001704903
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV4517.5 .S63 2014 Available 31826003535011
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV4517.5 .S63 2014 1 Available 31826003528362

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234).

A theological vision for slow church -- Terroir : taste and see -- Stability : fidelity to people and place -- Patience : entering into the suffering of others -- Wholeness : the reconciliation of all things -- Work : cooperting with God's reconciling mission -- Sabbath : the rhythm of reconciliation -- Abundance : the economy of creation -- Gratitude : receiving the good gifts of God -- Hospitality : generously sharing God's abundance -- Dinner table conversation as a way of being church

Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church? The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism. In the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.

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