LEADER 03020nam 2200673 450 001 9910786396303321 005 20230801230555.0 010 $a1-935049-76-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781935049760 035 $a(CKB)2670000000347709 035 $a(EBL)3328979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001043251 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12445147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001043251 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11061390 035 $a(PQKB)11564143 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3328979 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3328979 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10913596 035 $a(OCoLC)929119925 035 $a(DE-B1597)623146 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781935049760 035 $a(OCoLC)1312725930 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000347709 100 $a20140903h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe emerging church $ereligion at the margins /$fJosh Packard 210 1$aBoulder, Colorado :$cFirstForumPress,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 225 0 $aReligion in politics and society The emerging church 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-935049-50-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aResisting success -- Developing hyperlocal congregations -- Sustaining permanently unsettled lives -- Getting things done -- The appeal of the emerging church -- Sustaining faith, sustaining resistance. 330 $aIf 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. 606 $aNon-institutional churches 606 $aEmerging church movement 606 $aChristianity$y21st century 606 $aChurch renewal 606 $aPostmodernism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aNon-institutional churches. 615 0$aEmerging church movement. 615 0$aChristianity 615 0$aChurch renewal. 615 0$aPostmodernism$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a270.8/3 700 $aPackard$b Josh$01471343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786396303321 996 $aThe emerging church$93683619 997 $aUNINA