Minding the Good Ground: A Theology for Church Renewal - Softcover

Jason E. Vickers (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602583609 ISBN 13: 9781602583603

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Declining memberships. Pastoral scandals. A fear of secularism and the New Atheism. Christians are worried about the church's future. Despite such despair, Jason Vickers believes the church also sits upon the cusp of renewal. Some emerging voices promise to lead the church out of decay but focus only upon its structure, while others encourage the Spirit's work to the exclusion of all else. Minding the Good Ground organizes the multitude of voices and proposes a new way forward--rooting these renewal movements in a robust historical theology. Moving beyond quick-fix solutions, this new theological vision grounds renewal in the good and life-giving work of the Holy Spirit.

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Review:

Vickers' theology of church renewal will no doubt prove inspiring and invigorating for church leaders and seminarians of many different traditions.

--Taylor Worley, Union University "Theological Book Review "

...[Vickers] provides a substantial theological interpretation of church renewal that needs to be read and pondered by all concerned for the renewal of the church.

--David N. Field, Methodist e-Academy "Wesley and Methodist Studies "

About the Author:

Jason E. Vickers is Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including most recently The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley , Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed , and Invocation and Assent: The Making and Remaking of Trinitarian Theology .

About this edition

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1602583609
• ISBN 13: 9781602583603
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 151