Theoblogy
Here it is so far. You can tell how far I’ve gotten when the chapter subheads start to drop off…
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
TABLES
ABBREVIATIONS
PREFACE
COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER ONE: THE EMERGING CHURCH MOVEMENT AND THE PROJECT OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
Introduction
The “Emerging Church Movement” – A Working Definition
Literature Review
The Emerging Church Movement as a New Social Movement
An Osmerian Approach to Practical Theology
The Promise of Transversal Rationality for the ECM
CHAPTER TWO: AN INSIDE LOOK AT EIGHT EMERGING CHURCHES
The Changes in American Protestantism Leading to the ECM
Developments in the 1990s—Three Phases of the ECM
Empirical Research Method
Cedar Ridge Community Church, Spencerville, Maryland
Solomon’s Porch, Minneapolis, Minnesota
House of Mercy, St. Paul, Minnesota
Journey, Dallas, Texas
Pathways Church, Denver, Colorado
Church of the Apostles, Seattle, Washington
Jacob’s Well, Kansas City, Missouri
Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, California
CHAPTER THREE: CORE PRACTICES OF THE EMERGING CHURCH MOVEMENT
Alasdair MacIntyre, Jeffrey Stout, Pierre Bourdieu, and the Concept of “Practice”
CHAPTER FOUR: THE RELATIONAL ECCLESIOLOGY OF JÜRGEN MOLTMANN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE EMERGING CHURCH MOVEMENT
CHAPTER FIVE: PRAGMATIC SUGGESTIONS FOR THE ECCLESIOLOGY OF THE EMERGING CHURCH MOVEMENT
APPENDIX A: FOCUS GROUP AND INTERVIEW LINES OF QUESTIONING
Focus Group Line of Questioning
Line of Questioning: Founding Pastor Interview
Line of Questioning: Layperson Interview
APPENDIX B: CHURCH CENSUS SURVEY
APPENDIX C: Empirical Data
APPENDIX D: An Excursus on Modes of Cross-Disciplinary Thinking in Practical Theology
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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