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100	1		_aMurray, Stuart _eVerfasser _4aut
245			_aPost-Christendom _b[church and mission in a strange new world] _cStuart Murray
264		1	_aCarlisle [u.a.] _bPaternoster Press _c2004
300			_aXVI, 343 S.
490			_aAfter Christendom
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520	1		_anvites Christians in western culture to embrace marginality and discover fresh ways of being church in the strange new world of post-Christendom. The end of Christendom, where the Christian story was known and the church was central, invites Christians in western culture to embrace marginality and discover fresh ways of being church and engaging in mission. Whilst the transition from modernity to postmodernity has received a huge amount of attention, the shift from Christendom to post-Christendom has not yet been fully explored. This book is an introduction: a journey into the past, an interpretation of the present and an invitation to ask what following Jesus might mean in the strange new world of post-Christendom. Drawing on insights from the early Christians, dissident movements and the world church, this book challenges conventional ways of thinking. For those who dare to imagine new ways of following Jesus on the margins, it invites a realistic and hopeful response to challenges and opportunities awaiting us in the twenty-first century.
650		4	_aWestliche Welt
650		4	_aChristentum
650		4	_aKultur
650		4	_aSäkularismus
945			_aICS 6440 Kernliteratur
999			_c53093 _d53093