Tweet If You Love Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation - Softcover

Drescher, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819224235 ISBN 13: 9780819224231

Publisher: Morehouse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Churches everywhere are scrambling to get linked with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. But are they ready for the Digital Reformation: the dramatic global shift in the nature of faith, social consciousness and relationship that these digital social media have ushered in? Tweet If You Jesus brings the wisdom of ancient and medieval Christianity into conversation with contemporary theories of cultural change and the realities of social media, all to help churches navigate a landscape where faith, leadership and community have taken on new meanings.

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Product Description:

Tweet If You Heart Jesus A resource dealing with communication, leadership and community formation in the age of digital social media,which is written by a seminary professor who authors a popular blog on culture, religion and new media. Full description

About the Author:

Elizabeth Drescher is an educator, scholar, writer and speaker on Christian spirituality, with an emphasis on the spiritual practices of ordinary believers and seekers today and in the past. She holds a PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union and an MA in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University as well as an MFA in writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Drescher teaches in the undergraduate program in Religious Studies and the graduate program in Pastoral Ministry at Santa Clara University. She was previously the director of the Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership and Assistant Professor of Christian Spiritualities at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, where she remains an adjunct faculty member. Earlier in her career, she worked as a management and organizational development consultant with corporations around the world. Dr. Drescher is a regular contributor to the highly regarded online magazine, Religion Dispatches and a recognized preacher, conference speaker, and workshop leader for churches, seminaries, colleges and universities, and religious organizations throughout the United States. Tweet If You Jesus is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0819224235
• ISBN 13: 9780819224231
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190