Journeying Out: A New Approach to Christian Mission - Couverture souple

Morisy, Ann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0826480969 ISBN 13 : 9780826480965

Editeur : Continuum, 2006

Synopsis

This book provides a transformational theory of action which supports community ministry. It demonstrates just how much society needs the churches. Triggered by the collapse of the Welfare State and the movement towards 'New Ways of Being Church', local churches have embraced community involvement. Meeting community needs can dominate people's thinking. Ann Morisy makes the case that preoccupation with needs meeting can mask a host of other positive outcomes which favour the Church's wider mission. Providing opportunities for people to express commitment to wider struggles at local and even global levels brings the experience of being without power and the risk of being overwhelmed. Such situations usher in receptiveness to God and openness to the Christian faith. By taking seriously the scope for everyone to discover their distinctive vocation a powerful mission strategy is available that enables people to journey out from the security of suburbia. Furthermore, it builds on churches unique capacity to generate transformational experiences that are so prized in the emerging experience economy. Ann Morisy writes from her extensive experience of social action, neighbourhood renewal and mission. This book brings together insights from economics and biology as well as taking seriously the growing emphasis on social capital. These insights highlight the importance of an oblique approach to mission in today's complex and fragmenting society. And importantly these ideas are presented in a down-to-earth way which makes for practicality as well as originality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ann Morisy isa community theologian andthe author of the best-selling books Beyond the Good Samaritanand Journeying Out as well as Bothered and Bewildered (published June 2009). She lectures widely and leads workshops, both in the UK and abroad.She writes about issuesin a way that people 'find hard to put down', and in a manner that enables them to incorporate the ideas into their practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826480969
• ISBN 13: 9780826480965
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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