02450nam 2200553 450 991078642710332120230617011054.00-567-42492-8(CKB)3710000000112998(EBL)1644286(SSID)ssj0001196783(PQKBManifestationID)12439907(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196783(PQKBWorkID)11167078(PQKB)10413309(MiAaPQ)EBC1644286(Au-PeEL)EBL1644286(CaPaEBR)ebr10869449(CaONFJC)MIL615930(OCoLC)893336433(EXLCZ)99371000000011299820040329h20032003 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA church drawing near spirituality and mission in a post-Christian culture /by Paul AvisLondon ;New York :T & T Clark International,[2003]©20031 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-567-08967-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and indexes.Beyond the privatization of faith -- For the healing of the nations -- Modernity and secularization -- Post-modernity and fragmentation -- Spirituality and mission -- Transformations of being -- The cross in community -- The primacy of the pastoral.The book begins by defining the core tasks (or mission) of the Church in biblical and theological terms, and then asks how these tasks can best be carried out in the conditions of modernity and post-modernity. Paul Avis describes and evaluates contemporary expressions of spirituality, drawing on many empirical studies; the functions of the Church''s ''occasional offices'' or rites of passage; the ways in which the Church and its ministers can engage constructively with the community and with civil society; the pastoral method in mission and its practical, policy consequences. Throughout the boMission of the churchSpiritualityMission of the church.Spirituality.261Avis Paul1947-881171MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786427103321A church drawing near3765904UNINA