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Testing the spirits : how theology informs the study of congregations / edited by Patrick Keifert.

Contributor(s): Keifert, Patrick R, 1950-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub., [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780802807403 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0802807402 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Religious gatherings | Discernment (Christian theology) | Theology, PracticalDDC classification: 250 LOC classification: BV700 | .T47 2009Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Framing the agenda for testing the spirits / Patrick Keifert -- The return of the congregation to theological education / Patrick Keifert -- The Bible and theological education : a report and reflections on a journey / Patrick Keifert -- Congregations, democracy, and the action of God in Philippians 1-2 / David Fredrickson -- God, civil society, and congregations as public moral companions / Gary Simpson -- Word-dwelling, deep listening, and faith-based moral conversation in congregations : a nested vision for learning new habits / Pat Taylor Ellison -- Discerning the will of God : congregational use of Scripture through the lens of the cross / Ronald W. Duty -- Scripture, Christian imagination, and the testimony of experience in moral conversation / Ronald W. Duty -- Doing faith-based conversation : metaphors for congregations and their leaders / Pat Taylor Ellison -- The dialectic of idolatry and profanation : on discerning the Spirit in congregational studies / Lois Malcolm -- The use of Scripture in congregational research / Donald H. Juel
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West BV700 .T47 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903135248

Includes bibliographical references.

Framing the agenda for testing the spirits / Patrick Keifert -- The return of the congregation to theological education / Patrick Keifert -- The Bible and theological education : a report and reflections on a journey / Patrick Keifert -- Congregations, democracy, and the action of God in Philippians 1-2 / David Fredrickson -- God, civil society, and congregations as public moral companions / Gary Simpson -- Word-dwelling, deep listening, and faith-based moral conversation in congregations : a nested vision for learning new habits / Pat Taylor Ellison -- Discerning the will of God : congregational use of Scripture through the lens of the cross / Ronald W. Duty -- Scripture, Christian imagination, and the testimony of experience in moral conversation / Ronald W. Duty -- Doing faith-based conversation : metaphors for congregations and their leaders / Pat Taylor Ellison -- The dialectic of idolatry and profanation : on discerning the Spirit in congregational studies / Lois Malcolm -- The use of Scripture in congregational research / Donald H. Juel

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