A church drawing near : spirituality and mission in a post-Christian culture
Paul D. L. Avis (Author)
The book begins by defining the core tasks (or mission) of the Church in biblical and theological terms, and then asks how these tasks can best be carried out in the conditions of modernity and post-modernity. Paul Avis describes and evaluates contemporary expressions of spirituality, drawing on many empirical studies; the functions of the Church''s ''occasional offices'' or rites of passage; the ways in which the Church and its ministers can engage constructively with the community and with civil society; the pastoral method in mission and its practical, policy consequences. Throughout the bo
1 online resource (240 pages)
9780567424921, 9781306846790, 9780567089687, 0567424928, 130684679X, 0567089681
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Beyond the privatization of faith
For the healing of the nations
Modernity and secularization
Post-modernity and fragmentation
Spirituality and mission
Transformations of being
The cross in community
The primacy of the pastoral