The remnant spirit : conservative reform in mainline Protestantism / Douglas E. Cowan ; foreword by Irving R. Hexham.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003وصف:xii, 234 pages ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0275974499 (hbk)
- 9780275974497 (hbk)
- BR510 C69 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-230) and index.
Foreword / Irving R. Hexham -- Precipitous Moments and the Crisis of the Mainline Church -- Reform and Renewal in the Mainline Church: An Introduction to the Precipice -- Precipitous Moments: The Platform of Reform and Renewal -- Precipice and Response: The Three Domains of Reform and Renewal -- Confronting the Precipice -- Irreconcilable Differences: Presbyterian Church (USA) -- A Voice for Repentance: The United Methodist Church -- Dissensus Fidelium: The Anglican Communion in North America -- Defending Orthodoxy in the Great White North: The United Church of Canada -- Constructing Dissent as Identity and Community -- Structuring Dissent: Organizational Dimensions of Reform and Renewal -- Dissent as Identity: Reform and Renewal Teleology.
Over the past few decades, mainline Protestant denominations in North America have been experiencing a significant decline in membership, active participation, and financial contributions. In the midst of this decline, these denominations have been caught up in a variety of controversial religious, ecclesiastical, and social issues--a shift from neo-orthodox to liberal theology, the advent of inclusive liturgical and biblical language, denominational support for often controversial social issues, and heated debates around human sexuality, particularly the place of homosexuals in the church. To.