
The Church Has Left the Building
Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the Twenty-First Century
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 30. September 2016
Book
Hardback
162 pages
978-1-4982-3958-5 (ISBN)
Description
The origin of the phrase ""the church has left the building"" lies with Elvis. In order to clear halls of his riotous fans after concerts, it was announced that ""Elvis has left the building."" Here, the expression highlights intense change within the church. Not only does the church change for its own existence, it also does so for the life of the world. The church cannot avoid the many past and future changes of our constantly transforming society, demographic changes long in process. What you have before you is a gathering of first-hand reflections--stories really--from a diverse group of Christians, lay as well as ordained. While each has a distinctive experience of the church in our time, all of them have something to say about the many changes in our society and how these are affecting our faith, the parish, and pastoral work.
Contributors:
Mary Breton
Nicholas Denysenko
Adam A. J. DeVille
John C. Frazier
David Frost
Carol Fryer
Kenneth J. Guest
Brett Hoover
Abbie Huff
Wongee Joh
Justin Mathews
Maria Gwyn McDowell
William C. Mills
Robert Corin Morris
Sarah Hinlicky Wilson
Michael Plekon
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4982-3958-5 (9781498239585)
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Michael Plekon | Maria Gwyn Mcdowell | Elizabeth Schroeder
The Church Has Left the Building
Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the Twenty-First Century
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09/2016
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Persons
Michael Plekon is a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology and the Program in Religion and Culture, Baruch College of the City University of New York. Maria Gwyn McDowell is a postulant for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church and a feminist theological ethicist. Elizabeth Schroeder is a homebirth midwife and editor in Portland, Oregon.