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Slow church : cultivating community in the patient way of Jesus / C. Christopher Smith, John Pattison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830895953
  • 0830895957
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Slow churchDDC classification:
  • 253 23
LOC classification:
  • BV4517.5 .S63 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 A Theological Vision for Slow Church; First Course: Ethics; 2 Terroir: Taste and See; 3 Stability: Fidelity to People and Place; 4 Patience: Entering into the Suffering of Others; Second Course: Ecology; 5 Wholeness: The Reconciliation of All Things; 6 Work: Cooperating with God's Reconciling Mission; 7 Sabbath: The Rhythm of Reconciliation; Third Course: Economy; 8 Abundance: The Economy of Creation; 9 Gratitude: Receiving the Good Gifts of God; 10 Hospitality: Generously Sharing God's Abundance.
11 Dinner Table Conversation as a Way of Being ChurchConclusion; Acknowledgments; Recommended Reading; Notes; Praise for Slow Church; About the Authors; More Titles from InterVarsity Press.
Summary: 2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner2014 Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast ... church?The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationi.

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Print version record.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 A Theological Vision for Slow Church; First Course: Ethics; 2 Terroir: Taste and See; 3 Stability: Fidelity to People and Place; 4 Patience: Entering into the Suffering of Others; Second Course: Ecology; 5 Wholeness: The Reconciliation of All Things; 6 Work: Cooperating with God's Reconciling Mission; 7 Sabbath: The Rhythm of Reconciliation; Third Course: Economy; 8 Abundance: The Economy of Creation; 9 Gratitude: Receiving the Good Gifts of God; 10 Hospitality: Generously Sharing God's Abundance.

11 Dinner Table Conversation as a Way of Being ChurchConclusion; Acknowledgments; Recommended Reading; Notes; Praise for Slow Church; About the Authors; More Titles from InterVarsity Press.

2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner2014 Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds BookstoreFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast ... church?The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationi.