Sensing the Spirit

Toward the Future of Religious Life

Professor Judith A. Merkle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2023
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-70699-7 (ISBN)

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Drawing on the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, this book examines how secular culture affects both the living of Christian discipleship today and impacts how religious congregations engage in their own renewal and future. It argues that religious communities can do more than improve and fix the out of date conditions they met in the renewal after Vatican II.

Calling on environmental, sociological and theological insights, this book asks how the ongoing “coming of the Kingdom” in the Spirit brings new gifts for these times and how congregations might respond beyond restorative or post-Christian solutions to new challenges confronting them. This book offers a renewed meaning of religious life in secular life and the gift it offers and receives from every culture in which it is embedded.

Judith Merkle is Professor of Religious Studies at Niagara University, USA.

Introduction

Part I: Foundations

Chapter One:
The Unfolding Seed

Chapter Two:
The Niche of Religious Life

Chapter Three:
Beyond Survival

Part II: Toward the Future of Religious Life

Chapter Four:
The Vows in Secular Culture

Chapter Five:
Adult Christian Living in Secular Culture

Chapter Six:
Adaptations in a New Environment

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2023
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-567-70699-0 / 0567706990
ISBN-13	978-0-567-70699-7 / 9780567706997
Zustand	Neuware