Contents:
Why We Love The Church: A Call to Resurgence.
A History of the American Prosperity Gospel. The Intentional Christian Community Handbook: The Rise of the Nones. The Externally Focused Quest. Same-Sex Marriage Thoughtful Response. Great Leader, Great Teacher. A Practical Guide to Culture.
Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower. To Transform a City. Communicating for Life RenewedMinds. Linking Arms, Linking Lives.
Church in an Age of Crisis, The. You Will Be Made to Care. A Heart for the City.
Not a Day Care. The Works of Charles Finney, Vol 1: A Christian Justice for the Common Good. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary. A New Kind of Apologist. Classic Spurgeon Sermons Volume From the Resurrection to His Return. Redeeming the Feminine Soul.
The Certainty of the Unexpected. The Gift for All People. Journey in the Wilderness. Words upon the Word. Longing to See Your Face. What Jewish people do not know about Jesus. A Cry From Hell: I Thought I was Born Again!!!
Saving a Sick America. Hear the Streets Cry. Holding Up Your Corner. Really Good News For Today! Witnessing for Jesus to The Unseen. Jakes, Rick Warren, and Brian McLaren pastor some the largest churches in the nation, lead vast spiritual networks, write best-selling books, and are among the most influential preachers in American Protestantism today.
Have a question about this product? Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary. Ask a Question What would you like to know about this product? Holy Mavericks reaffirms that religion is always in conversation with the larger society in which it is embedded, and that it is imperative to understand how those religious suppliers who are able to change with the times will outlast those who are not. Great Leader, Great Teacher.
Drawing from the theory of religious economy, the authors offer new perspectives on evangelical leadership and key insights into why some religious movements thrive while others decline. Holy Mavericks provides a useful overview of contemporary evangelicalism while emphasizing the importance of "supply-side thinking" in understanding shifts in American religion.
It reveals how the Christian world hosts a culture of celebrity very similar to the secular realm, particularly in terms of marketing, branding, and publicity. Holy Mavericks reaffirms that religion is always in conversation with the larger society in which it is embedded, and that it is imperative to understand how those religious suppliers who are able to change with the times will outlast those who are not.
Most important, their ministries supply existential fulfillment to existential demands. This book especially the bibliographic essay "Theory of Religious Economy" will most appeal to scholars and students. However, curious readers will enjoy it as well. Religious scholars will welcome the attention given to cultural themes in the analysis, and the emphasis on more than just individual choice; general readers will be enthralled by the creativity of the producers but also appalled at the captivity of religious faith to contemporary culture.
Holy Mavericks provides an open window to view change both in American religion and American culture. In reading this book, you will find that these five religious giants do not practice old time religion, and yet, ironically, they do.
Holy Mavericks shows us how. Emerson, co-author of People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States.