Basic is Beautiful

Examining the phenomenon of the basic community drawing upon the author's first-hand experience - groups of the poor in Central and Southern America, outside the parish structure and often without a priest, who come together to form "basic Christian communities" - this book seeks to apply the model to churches in the First World and also as a means to communicate with people who are not practising Christians. These chapters include a variety of examples of successful, and not-so-successful, initiatives that have already taken place in the UK and the USA. Margaret Hebblethwaite is the co-author of "The Theology of Penance" and the author of "Motherhood and God", "Through Lent With Luke" and "Finding God In All Things".
 
Examining the phenomenon of the basic community drawing upon the author's first-hand experience - groups of the poor in Central and Southern America, outside the parish structure and often without a priest, who come together to form "basic Christian communities" - this book seeks to apply the model to churches in the First World and also as a means to communicate with people who are not practising Christians. These chapters include a variety of examples of successful, and not-so-successful, initiatives that have already taken place in the UK and the USA. Margaret Hebblethwaite is the co-author of "The Theology of Penance" and the author of "Motherhood and God", "Through Lent With Luke" and "Finding God In All Things".