Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “If you were stranded on a desert island, and had only one book to read about the emergent/emerging Church, this is the book. A first-rate, relatively objective analysis of what is going on amongst Christian communities that self-identify as emergent, post-Christian, post-evangelical, or...” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 1 stars “An unhelpful book. A string of interview quotes with no real meat. Left a bad taste in my mouth.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 1 stars

  “An unhelpful book. A string of interview quotes with no real meat. Left a bad taste in my mouth.”

  robeena wrote this review Tuesday, June 24 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “If you were stranded on a desert island, and had only one book to read about the emergent/emerging Church, this is the book. A first-rate, relatively objective analysis of what is going on amongst Christian communities that self-identify as emergent, post-Christian, post-evangelical, or post-whatever. Gibbs & Bolger give the ecclesiological commitments of emerging Christianity a face and a voice (many faces and many voices, really), which in turn humanizes it. Absent a theological bogey/straw man, this overview reveals today's emergent church as the 'front edge' of a Christianity that is always emerging. Highly recommended.”

  M Loverin wrote this review Friday, May 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “A comprehensive review of embrionic emerging churches- based on a review of the practices and beliefs of emerging projects in the UK, America and NZ. Strange format- it draws together core principles (that must be at least, highly debateable- given the fluidity of much of what is happening), quoting different leaders, then lists a whole load of churches and where the leaders came from. ”

  Aoradh wrote this review Tuesday, March 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This book is an invaluable aid to anyone who is seeking to gain a greater understanding of the emerging church. While I would have preferred they included more interviews with emergent church leaders who weren't from Down Under, the UK and the US, the interviews and personal accounts with over 50 emergent church leaders provided me with much provocative food for thought.
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  bgthedoor wrote this review Tuesday, October 24 2006. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No