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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461541503321

Autore

Gill Robin

Titolo

Changing Worlds [[electronic resource] ] : Can the Church Respond?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2002

ISBN

1-283-19720-0

9786613197207

0-567-36939-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

262.7

Soggetti

Christianity -- Forecasting

Church and the world

Church renewal

Church

Church - Forecasting

Christianity

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction: Theology After September 11; Part 1 Changing moral perceptions; 1 Religion and the Environment; 2 The Arms Trade; 3 Media Ethics and the Lambeth Conference; 4 Sexual Ethics; Part 2 Changing patterns of churchgoing; 5 Churchgoing Decline - A Case-study; 6 Responses to Churchgoing Decline; 7 Beyond Decline - Three Case-studies; Part 3 Changing approaches to theology; 8 Beyond Confessional Theology; 9 Changes in Applied Theology; 10 Sociology and Theology; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Churches everywhere are experiencing change. In his thought-provoking book, Professor Robin Gill identifies the main challenges facing the church and reflects on how Christians should respond.He first studies the immense moral challenges of our rapidly changing world: religion and the environment, the arms trade (including



reflection on the global situation since the attack on New York on 11 September 2001), media ethics and the Lambeth Conference, and sexual ethics.The second part focuses on the changing patterns of churchgoing and addresses anxieties about churchgoing decline in the West, wh