03020nam 2200673 450 991078639630332120230801230555.01-935049-76-310.1515/9781935049760(CKB)2670000000347709(EBL)3328979(SSID)ssj0001043251(PQKBManifestationID)12445147(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001043251(PQKBWorkID)11061390(PQKB)11564143(MiAaPQ)EBC3328979(Au-PeEL)EBL3328979(CaPaEBR)ebr10913596(OCoLC)929119925(DE-B1597)623146(DE-B1597)9781935049760(OCoLC)1312725930(EXLCZ)99267000000034770920140903h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe emerging church religion at the margins /Josh PackardBoulder, Colorado :FirstForumPress,2012.©20121 online resource (210 p.)Religion in politics and society The emerging church Description based upon print version of record.1-935049-50-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Resisting success -- Developing hyperlocal congregations -- Sustaining permanently unsettled lives -- Getting things done -- The appeal of the emerging church -- Sustaining faith, sustaining resistance.If a church resists rules, rituals, and dogma, what holds it together? Josh Packard explores the inner workings of the Emerging Church, revealing how a movement that rejects organizational trappings and embraces a do-it-yourself ethic has managed to create a distinctive place for itself at the margins of mainstream Christianity. Packard demystifies the beliefs and operations of the loosely connected Emerging Church congregations that developed in direct response to the heavily bureaucratic megachurches. While acknowledging the challenges inherent in sustaining such a movement, he shows that the church succeeds not despite its anti-institutional approach, but because of it. His work offers new insights into the interplay of culture, organizations, and doctrine in today’s religious landscape.Non-institutional churchesEmerging church movementChristianity21st centuryChurch renewalPostmodernismReligious aspectsChristianityNon-institutional churches.Emerging church movement.ChristianityChurch renewal.PostmodernismReligious aspectsChristianity.270.8/3Packard Josh1471343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786396303321The emerging church3683619UNINA