LEADER 02450nam 2200553 450 001 9910786427103321 005 20230617011054.0 010 $a0-567-42492-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000112998 035 $a(EBL)1644286 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001196783 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12439907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196783 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11167078 035 $a(PQKB)10413309 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1644286 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1644286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10869449 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL615930 035 $a(OCoLC)893336433 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000112998 100 $a20040329h20032003 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA church drawing near $espirituality and mission in a post-Christian culture /$fby Paul Avis 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cT & T Clark International,$d[2003] 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-08967-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and indexes. 327 $aBeyond 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. 330 $aThe 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 bo 606 $aMission of the church 606 $aSpirituality 615 0$aMission of the church. 615 0$aSpirituality. 676 $a261 700 $aAvis$b Paul$f1947-$0881171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786427103321 996 $aA church drawing near$93765904 997 $aUNINA