Community as Church, Church as Community (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Parishes of all denominations are in decline, shrinking, closing, dying. We know that there are increasing numbers, young and older, who are religious "nones" and "dones." This book explores why the decline is taking place, why the distancing is going on....
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Parishes of all denominations are in decline, shrinking, closing, dying. We know that there are increasing numbers, young and older, who are religious "nones" and "dones." This book explores why the decline is taking place, why the distancing is going on. But it goes on to examine parishes from all over the country and from various church bodies that are resurrecting. The central theme of death and resurrection shapes the analysis of parishes covered. Parishes are resurrecting by reinventing their ministries, by repurposing their building to better serve their neighborhoods, thus replanting and reconnecting with them. All of this is the Spirit's doing but through the community of sisters and brothers who make up each congregation of faith. Community as the core of church is the other reality shaping the book's reflection. And community, a parish being with those around, living for more than its own survival are visions for going forward. Other aspects of congregational life are also examined, most importantly the pastors--how they serve when budgets shrink, how they are trained, how pastors act with the community not above it. No recipes are suggested for parish resurrection, but the stories of the parishes that have revived bear within numerous lessons for us in the future.
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Plekon
Michael Plekon is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Religion and Culture, The City University of New York, Baruch College, where he taught for 40 years. He was a student of Peter L. Berger and did postdoctoral work on Kierkegaard at the Theological Faculty of the University of Copenhagen on NEH, Fulbright, ACLS and Lutheran World Federation fellowships. He has been a priest in the western and Eastern Church for 40 years, as a non-stipendiary associate in several parishes. In addition to Kierkegaard studies, he has published extensively on the Russian emige theologians in Paris between the wars, Living Icons (UND, 2002) on persons of faith and holiness as saints of "hidden holiness," Hidden Holiness and Saints as They Really Are (UND, 2009, 2012) as well as on prayer in everyday life -Uncommon Prayer (UND, 2016) and on writers and their spiritual journeys. The World as Sacrament (Liturgical Press, 2017) More recently he has been examining faith, ministry and the parish in the 21st century, in The Church Has Left the Building (Cascade, 2016) and Community as Church, Church as Community (Cascade, 2021)
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Plekon
- 2021, 272 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- ISBN-10: 1725287552
- ISBN-13: 9781725287556
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.07.2021
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