Underground Church Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus

Name: Underground Church Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus
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ISBN: 9781118061596

ISBN-10: 1118061594

ISBN-13: 9781118061596

Edition: 2012

Authors: Robin Meyers

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A new way to follow Jesus that draws on old ways of following HimThe Underground Church proposes that the faithful recapture the spirit of the early church with its emphasis on what Christians do rather than what they believe. Prominent progressive writer, speaker, and minister Robin Meyers proposes that the best way to recapture the spirit of the early Christian church is to recognize that Jesus–following was and must be again subversive in the best sense of the word because the gospel taken seriously turns the world upside down.No matter how the church may organize itself or worship, the defining characteristic of church of the future will be its Jesus–inspired countercultural…

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List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 3/2/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.55" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note to the Reader


Prologue: Empty Sermons, Empty Pews



Sweet Jesus: Talking His Melancholy Madness



The Early Church That Never Was



Waking Up in Bed with Constantine



Onward Christian Soldiers?



Faith as Radically Embodied Trust



Renewing the Church Through Shared Mission



Leavening the Imperial Loaf



Jesus Followers on the No-Fly List



The Underground Church on War, Sex, Money, Family, and the Environment


Epilogue: Beyond Belief: The Manifesto of the Underground Church


Notes


The Author