LEADER 02734nam 2200481 450 001 9910792972503321 005 20230809224249.0 010 $a90-04-34735-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004347359 035 $a(CKB)3710000001386701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5024418 035 $a 2017024261 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004347359 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001386701 100 $a20170520d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiquid ecclesiology $ethe gospel and the church /$fBy Pete Ward 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (227 pages) 311 $a90-04-34559-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Gospel and the Church -- The Gospel as Paradox and Light -- Making Church: Gospel, Construction, and Ecclesial Fluidity -- The Material Nature of the Gospel -- The Gospel and Change -- Personal Faith -- Narratives of Encounter -- Evaluating the Case Study -- The Call to Abide -- Seeing and Learning: Theological Education in the Church -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Biblical Sources. 330 $aIn Liquid Ecclesiology Pete Ward explores the theological contours of the turn to ethnography in the study of the Christian Church. His approach rests on a theology of culture that holds in tension and paradox the expression of the Church and divine presence. This theological framework is then developed through an extended qualitative empirical case study examining the communicative practices of the contemporary evangelical Church. The case study examines how the evangelical Gospel through expression has become marginalised in the everyday life of communities being replaced by a new more individual and personalised theology seen in worship songs. The final section of the book returns to the debates around ethnographic forms of theology and the question of normativity. This book will be of interest to all those engaged in empirical and theological work, as well as those researching the contemporary Church and evangelicalism 606 $aChurch 606 $aEthnology$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aChurch and minorities 606 $aEvangelicalism 615 0$aChurch. 615 0$aEthnology$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aChurch and minorities. 615 0$aEvangelicalism. 676 $a262 700 $aWard$b Pete$f1959-$01492004 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792972503321 996 $aLiquid ecclesiology$93714194 997 $aUNINA