The underground church : reclaiming the subversive way of Jesus / Robin Meyers.

"The Underground Church is a radical book that proposes a radical idea: we need to recapture the spirit of the early church with its emphasis on what Christians do rather than what they believe. Written by the prominent minister, teacher, speaker, and writer, Robin Meyers, The Underground Church pos...

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Main Author: Meyers, Robin R. (Robin Rex), 1952-
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Prologue: empty sermons, empty pews -- Sweet Jesus: talking his melancholy madness -- The early church that never was -- Waking up in bed with Constantine -- Onward Christian soldiers? -- Faith as radically embodied trust -- Renewing the church through shared mission -- Leavening the imperial loaf -- Jesus followers on the no-fly list -- The underground church on war, sex, money, family, and the environment -- Epilogue: beyond belief: the manifesto of the underground church. 
520 |a "The Underground Church is a radical book that proposes a radical idea: we need to recapture the spirit of the early church with its emphasis on what Christians do rather than what they believe. Written by the prominent minister, teacher, speaker, and writer, Robin Meyers, The Underground Church posits that the best way to recapture the spirit of The Way is to recognize that Jesus-following was—and must be again—subversive in the best sense of the word. Instead of endless theological and political arguments, the church must be more concerned with being loving than with being right"--Jacket flap. 
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