Author: Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666725773
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Many people today, including Christians of deep conviction, are deciding, for one reason or another, to stop attending church. They have been swept up by the avalanche in America known simply as the “nones,” thereby joining the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated dubbed the “church alumni association”—or perhaps more accurately “believers in exile”—by Anglican Bishop John Shelby Spong. Research shows that during the first two decades of the twenty-first century, a seismic shift occurred in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward disaffiliation. While the causes and effects of this dislocation are varied and numerous, by 2015, the phenomenon of shrinking faith communities was so widespread that “nones” became the third largest religious identity in the world, behind Christians and Muslims. Today there are more religious “nones” than Catholics or evangelicals, and 36 percent of those born after 1981 do not identify with any religion. Does this shift mark a loss of spirituality, or do these changes point to a new global religious awakening, one that affirms religious pluralism and views faith relationally rather than dogmatically—as a way of the heart and not of the head? While some Christians are staying put, experiencing the current shift in traditional church settings, this book proposes a new understanding of the church, a new pattern and vision for Christian living and thinking that can transform our understanding of God, others, nature, and ourselves. Useful for individual or church study, each chapter of The Church Alumni Association concludes with questions for discussion and reflection.
The Church Alumni Association
Author: Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666725773
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Many people today, including Christians of deep conviction, are deciding, for one reason or another, to stop attending church. They have been swept up by the avalanche in America known simply as the “nones,” thereby joining the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated dubbed the “church alumni association”—or perhaps more accurately “believers in exile”—by Anglican Bishop John Shelby Spong. Research shows that during the first two decades of the twenty-first century, a seismic shift occurred in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward disaffiliation. While the causes and effects of this dislocation are varied and numerous, by 2015, the phenomenon of shrinking faith communities was so widespread that “nones” became the third largest religious identity in the world, behind Christians and Muslims. Today there are more religious “nones” than Catholics or evangelicals, and 36 percent of those born after 1981 do not identify with any religion. Does this shift mark a loss of spirituality, or do these changes point to a new global religious awakening, one that affirms religious pluralism and views faith relationally rather than dogmatically—as a way of the heart and not of the head? While some Christians are staying put, experiencing the current shift in traditional church settings, this book proposes a new understanding of the church, a new pattern and vision for Christian living and thinking that can transform our understanding of God, others, nature, and ourselves. Useful for individual or church study, each chapter of The Church Alumni Association concludes with questions for discussion and reflection.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666725773
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Many people today, including Christians of deep conviction, are deciding, for one reason or another, to stop attending church. They have been swept up by the avalanche in America known simply as the “nones,” thereby joining the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated dubbed the “church alumni association”—or perhaps more accurately “believers in exile”—by Anglican Bishop John Shelby Spong. Research shows that during the first two decades of the twenty-first century, a seismic shift occurred in the U.S. population away from religious institutions and toward disaffiliation. While the causes and effects of this dislocation are varied and numerous, by 2015, the phenomenon of shrinking faith communities was so widespread that “nones” became the third largest religious identity in the world, behind Christians and Muslims. Today there are more religious “nones” than Catholics or evangelicals, and 36 percent of those born after 1981 do not identify with any religion. Does this shift mark a loss of spirituality, or do these changes point to a new global religious awakening, one that affirms religious pluralism and views faith relationally rather than dogmatically—as a way of the heart and not of the head? While some Christians are staying put, experiencing the current shift in traditional church settings, this book proposes a new understanding of the church, a new pattern and vision for Christian living and thinking that can transform our understanding of God, others, nature, and ourselves. Useful for individual or church study, each chapter of The Church Alumni Association concludes with questions for discussion and reflection.
The Idea of the Church : an Address to the Alumni, October 8th, 1896
Alumni Association, List of Members
Author: International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.). Alumni Association
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Necrology
Author: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni association
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Pages : 44
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Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary
Author: Princeton Theological Seminary. Alumni Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Pages : 616
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General Report Made to the Alumni Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., September 19, 1860
Author: Gettysburg College. Alumni association
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Pages : 28
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Alumni Memorial and Proceedings for the Year
Author: Marietta College. Alumni Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Pages : 74
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Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary: 1900-1909
Author: Princeton Theological Seminary. Alumni Association
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Pages : 692
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Pages : 692
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Christian Liberty
Author: William James Romeyn Taylor
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Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Pages : 31
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The Alumni Magazine
Author: Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.). Alumni Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Pages : 680
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