Congregation: Stories and StructuresFortress Press - 219 Seiten In a unique, full-scale study of congregational life, Hopewell shows that it is narrative-the oral tradition-that knits a congregation together. |
Inhalt
The Thick Gathering | 3 |
Househunting | 19 |
Parish Story | 40 |
The Struggle for Setting | 55 |
Parish Setting | 67 |
Exploring World View | 87 |
Parish Genius | 103 |
Three Congregations | 119 |
The Actions of Plot | 153 |
Christ and Eros | 164 |
Wiltshires World Story | 178 |
Epilogue The Ministry and Mission of Congregational Story | 193 |
World View Test 1982 | 203 |
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Storytelling | 140 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abingdon Press action Alasdair MacIntyre approach Baptist behavior Bible Bigelow Briar Rose Building Effective Ministry canonic Carl Dudley chapter character characterization charismatic Christ Christian church growth church growth movement church members Clifford Geertz comic congregation congregation's congregational story contextual Corinth Corinth Methodist corporate culture death distinctive Edith Hamilton empiric Eros ethos experience expression faith Frye function genres gnostic God's gospel gregation Hero Trinity Hopewell household househunters human identify identity idiom images interpretation interviews James Hillman lives meaning mechanist metaphor miracle mission myth mythic narrative nature Northrop Frye Oedipus oikoumene organic organicist parish story participant observation particular pastor pattern plot present Religion religious Robert romantic sense setting Smithtown social society spirit Stanley Hauerwas structure struggle symbolic tell thickening tion tive tragic Trinity's twist understanding unfolding Univ Wiltshire Church Wiltshire's world view worship York