Cries from the Wilderness
Reimagining Church Culture in an Age of Uncertainty
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2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-4400-6 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-4400-6 (ISBN)
This book addresses the challenge in contemporary Christianity of navigating the relationship between the individual and their faith community when entering spiritually challenging times. When loyalty to the church gets tested during a personal faith crisis, many leave disenchanted, claiming a desire to be spiritual but not religious.
One of the most prevalent challenges in contemporary Christianity is navigating the relationship between the individual and their faith community when the Christian enters spiritually challenging times: periods of aridity, misunderstanding, suffering, or darkness. This problem is amplified because of the growing angst that many feel with organized religion. When loyalty to the church gets tested during a personal faith crisis or honest intellectual query, many leave disenchanted, claiming a desire to be spiritual but not religious.
Cries from the Wilderness: Reimagining Church Culture in an Age of Uncertainty explores the memoirs of three contemporary sojourners (Rachel Held Evans, David Gushee, and Macy Halford) asking: What postures were common in his or her journey that helped them navigate their spiritual wilderness? David Pocta then argues that a primary problem is that many faith communities rarely see themselves in the spiritual wilderness. The author’s contention is that spiritual communities are often ill-equipped to nurture the spiritual life of disoriented or questioning Christians. By acknowledging their own spiritual journey and drawing lessons from healthy wilderness postures they would be better positioned to transform and mature their community while creating a nurturing environment for individual sojourners.
One of the most prevalent challenges in contemporary Christianity is navigating the relationship between the individual and their faith community when the Christian enters spiritually challenging times: periods of aridity, misunderstanding, suffering, or darkness. This problem is amplified because of the growing angst that many feel with organized religion. When loyalty to the church gets tested during a personal faith crisis or honest intellectual query, many leave disenchanted, claiming a desire to be spiritual but not religious.
Cries from the Wilderness: Reimagining Church Culture in an Age of Uncertainty explores the memoirs of three contemporary sojourners (Rachel Held Evans, David Gushee, and Macy Halford) asking: What postures were common in his or her journey that helped them navigate their spiritual wilderness? David Pocta then argues that a primary problem is that many faith communities rarely see themselves in the spiritual wilderness. The author’s contention is that spiritual communities are often ill-equipped to nurture the spiritual life of disoriented or questioning Christians. By acknowledging their own spiritual journey and drawing lessons from healthy wilderness postures they would be better positioned to transform and mature their community while creating a nurturing environment for individual sojourners.
David Pocta is director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology and Executive Director of the Disciples Center for Education.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Story of a Soul
Chapter 2: Macy Halford
Chapter 3: Rachel Held Evans
Chapter 4: David Gushee
Chapter 5: Navigating the Wilderness
Chapter 6: What Went Wrong with Their Community
Chapter 7: A Theology and Spirituality of Wilderness
Chapter 8: A Model to Frame "Deconstruction" and Community
Chapter 9: Contextualizing the Contemporary Wilderness
Chapter 10: Reimagining the Church: Some Suggestions
Conclusion: Some Final Uncensored Thoughts
Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 25.11.2023 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 157 x 237 mm |
Gewicht | 499 g |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-6669-4400-9 / 1666944009 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-4400-6 / 9781666944006 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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