TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tickle,Phyllis
TI  - Emergence Christianity: what it is, where it is going, and why it matters 
SN  - 9780801013553 (hbk.)
AV  - BR121.3 .T53 2012
U1  - 270.8/3 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Books
KW  - Christianity
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Church history
KW  - Emerging church movement
KW  - Postmodernism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An interim report : telling the story so far --; Back to now : how semi-millennial tsunamis of change shape religion and culture --; Calling it what it is : the difficulty of naming --; Defining emergence : simplifying the complexity --; Turns of the century : what formed the great emergence? --; A long time coming : how did we get here? --; House churches : communities of change --; Scattered communities : spreading the word by spreading out --; Taking the church out of the church : rethinking sacred space --; Pentecostal power : the holy spirit in a dangerous decade --; Spiritual but not religious : belonging, behaving, and believing in a new kind of community --; What the hyphen means : claiming the new while honoring the old --; Innocence lost : a movement untethered --; Religion rebounds : gathering steam and getting a name --; Pulling together : defining what it is and what it is not --; Reporting on the action : documenting the changes as they happened --; It takes a village... --; Distinguishing this from that : what organizational patterns can tell us --; Post, quasi, whatever : getting beyond the vague --; The whole and its parts : bringing it all together --; Finding the big story : the role of philosophy and meta-narrative --; The head and the heart : worshiping with heart, mind, soul, and strength --; And now what? : thoughts on the decisions and dilemmas to come --; Reconfigure, adapt, realign : how do the new and old fit together? --; Where now is our authority? : questioning and establishing a credible voice --; Future pressure : what potential struggles await? --; Emergence Christianity : the photographic report
N2  - Examines the Emergence Christianity movement, its organizational structure, its doctrines, and the most important questions and challenges it faces
ER  -