Postmodern and Wesleyan?: exploring the boundaries and possibilities

Part I: The postmodern conversation/shifting culture -- Why talk about postmodernism? / Jon Middendorf -- A big tent / T. Scott Daniels -- Truth and postmodernism / Thomas Jay Oord -- The church and postmodern pop culture / Joseph Bankard -- Gender, ethnicity, and economics / Deirdre Brower Latz --...

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Contributors: Akkerman, Jay Richard (Editor) ; Sweet, Leonard (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Kansas City, Mo. Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City 2009
In:Year: 2009
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theology / Methodism (motif)
Further subjects:B Postmodernism Religious aspects Christianity
B Methodist Church Doctrines
B Wesleyan Church Doctrines
B Holiness churches Doctrines
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Summary:Part I: The postmodern conversation/shifting culture -- Why talk about postmodernism? / Jon Middendorf -- A big tent / T. Scott Daniels -- Truth and postmodernism / Thomas Jay Oord -- The church and postmodern pop culture / Joseph Bankard -- Gender, ethnicity, and economics / Deirdre Brower Latz -- Types of postmodernism / Thomas Jay Oord -- Critical response-- postmodernism / Gerard Reed -- Conversation igniter / Leonard Sweet -- Part II: The Gospel in postmodernity -- The trustworthiness and authority of the Bible / Kara J. Lyons-Pardue -- Salvation is hearing? / Dustin Metcalf -- Holiness in the twenty-first century / Brent Peterson -- Individuals and communities / Christa Klosterman -- Evangelism in the postmodern matrix / Dana Hicks -- Christianity and other religions / Albert Truesdale -- Critical response-- timeless truths in contemporary forms / Gene Grate -- Conversation igniter / Leonard Sweet -- Part III: The church in postmodernity -- The emerging and emergent church / Dean G. Blevins -- The sensory side of being spiritual / Keith Schwanz -- Why our (loving) practices matter / Terry Fach -- From come and see to go and be / Brett I. Williams -- The Eucharist renews and remakes the church / Brent Peterson -- Not remotely controlled / Jay Richard Akkerman -- Christian education and postmodernism / Mark Maddix -- The mission of the church / Jim Wicks -- Critical response-- some cautions to reconceiving church / Philip R. Hamner -- Conversation igniter / Leonard Sweet -- Part IV: In, with, and for the world -- Why others matter to us / Eric Severson -- The strength of weakness / Benji Rodes -- How to be a citizen of the kingdom of heaven and live in kingdoms of this world / Nathan R. Kerr -- Postmodern Christians in God's creation / Michael Lodahl -- Entertaining angels in the face of injustice / Brian K. Postlewait -- Science and faith in a postmodern world / Mark H. Mann -- Critical response-- something old, something new, something ... postmodern / Carl M. Leth -- Conversation igniter / Leonard Sweet
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:0834124580