{"product_id":"the-new-christians-dispatches-from-the-emergent-frontier-paperback-softback-9780470455395","title":"The New Christians; Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470455395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe New Christians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDispatches from the Emergent Frontier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTony Jones (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470455395, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This intelligent and informative book is the only insider story from one of the leading lights of the more progressive wing of the emerging movement, the former national coordinator of Emergent Village.\" -\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today (October 2009)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat the \"Emergent Church Movement\" is all about-and why it matters to the future of Christianity\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFollowing on the questions raised by Brian McLaren in A New Kind of Christian, Tony Jones has written an engaging exploration of what this new kind of Christianity looks like. Writing \"dispatches\" about the thinking and practices of adventurous Emergent Christians across the country, he offers an in-depth view of this new \"third way\" of faith-its origins, its theology, and its views of truth, scripture and interpretation, and the Emergent movement's hopeful and life-giving sense of community. With the depth of theological expertise and broad perspective he has gained as a pastor, writer, and leader of the movement, Jones initiates readers into the Emergent conversation and offers a new way forward for Christians in a post-Christian world. With journalistic narrative as well as authoritative reflection, he draws upon on-site research to provide fascinating examples and firsthand stories of who is doing what, where, and why it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘‘A Living Way: Emergent Visions’’ Series Foreword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What Is ‘‘Emergent’’? xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 ~ Leaving the Old Country 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ‘‘Church Is Dead’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Signs of Death–and Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Problem on the Left\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A Case Study: Go Where I Send Thee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Problem on the Right\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A Case Study: Don’t Ask Us About the Chickens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The \u003ci\u003eReal \u003c\/i\u003eProblem: Left Versus Right\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Caught in the \u003ci\u003eCrossfire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 \u003cb\u003eDispatch from the Blogosphere: \u003c\/b\u003eMusings of a Postmodern Negro\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 ~ Dispatches from the Frontier of the American Church 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 An Allegory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 An Alternative Ending\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Geological Musings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 What Exactly Is Emerging?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Beginnings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 ‘‘The Bible Is Propaganda’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 The \u003ci\u003eNew Kind of Christian \u003c\/i\u003eEffect\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Meanwhile, Across the Pond\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Then till Now\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 The Church’s Choice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 \u003cb\u003eDispatch from the Rocky Mountains: \u003c\/b\u003eKatie and Kristen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 ~ Who Are the Emergent Christians? 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Hunches and Intuitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Influencing Culture or Influenced by Culture?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 An ‘‘Envelope of Friendship’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 An Emergent Voters’ Guide\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e86 \u003cb\u003eDispatch from I-35: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Terrific Tale of Trucker Frank\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 ~ The Theology, Stupid 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e96 Dartmouth Days\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e104 What, Exactly, Is Theology?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e106 Theology on the Rise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e111 Going Deep\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e115 Skiing the Slippery Slope\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e123 So, a Biblicist and a Relativist Walk into a Pastors’ Conference \u003ci\u003e. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e130 The Expurgated Lectionary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e134 \u003cb\u003eDispatch from Seminary: \u003c\/b\u003eLegalisms of the Left\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 ~ After Objectivity: Beautiful Truth 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e140 The Thrill of Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e143 Reading the \u003ci\u003eWhole \u003c\/i\u003eBible\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e148 ‘‘Sonny, It Ain’t Nothing till I Call It’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e152 Truth (a.k.a. God)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e155 After Objectivity: Dialogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e157 Beautiful, Messy, Incarnational Truth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e162 Paradoxes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e170 \u003cb\u003eDispatch from the End of a Three-Mile Dirt Road: \u003c\/b\u003eRecovering ‘‘Church’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 ~ Inside the Emergent Church 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e175 It’s a Great Day at Jacob’s Well!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e180 Wikichurch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e192 Tightly Knit: Journey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e201 Binitarians\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e203 The People’s Liturgy: Church of the Apostles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e209 Time to Rethink Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e210 MyChurch: A Paean to Solomon’s Porch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Feral Christians 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e222 Appendix A: ‘‘Emergent Village Values and Practices’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e227 Appendix B: ‘‘A Response to Our Critics’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e233 Appendix C: ‘‘Disastrous Statements’’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 257\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52276281803032,"sku":"9780470455395","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470455395.jpg?v=1781366127","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-new-christians-dispatches-from-the-emergent-frontier-paperback-softback-9780470455395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}