Ward Davis

Building the Benedict Option (eBook, ePUB)

Architecture, Urban Planning, and Placemaking in a Post-Christian Culture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In his book The Benedict Option, Rod Dreher issued a timely warning to the church. In an attempt to engage the broader culture with the gospel it had failed to create a distinct Christian culture and instead had been coopted by American consumer culture. The result was an anemic church ill-prepared to face a quickly darkening cultural landscape and civilizational decline. In response, Dreher argued, it was time for the church to develop new ways of "doing" church. It was time to create new institutions and strategies to help it better form disciples, minister to the broader culture, and survive the years ahead. It was time for a "Benedict Option." This book provides a template for how the leaders in a local church might go about creating their own Benedict Option Community (Ben Op community). It looks specifically at the early Irish monastic movement for principles church leaders today can use to develop their own Ben Op community, or "modern monastic settlement." In the process, Davis provides the reader a brief introduction to architecture, urban planning, and place-making and explains why an understanding of these disciplines is necessary to create a healthy, effective Ben Op community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798385212491
• Artikelnr.: 70374692

Autorenporträt

Ward has served in a variety of pastoral positions over the years, as well as working as a management analyst for Fairfax County, Virginia. In addition, he's also served as a researcher in the area of nonprofit management at the Hudson Institute and Clemson University's Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life. He has also served as a consultant with various churches over the years.

Ward has an MDiv. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a certificate in Non-profit Management from Georgetown University, and a certificate in Project Management from Villanova University. He is currently working on a DMin. degree through Gordon-Conwell with a focus on Architecture, Urban Planning and Placemaking.

While at the Hudson Institute, Ward helped establish the Faith and Service Technical Education Network (FASTEN), a $6 million dollar Pew-funded initiative in collaboration with Harvard, Baylor and the National Crime Prevention Council. He also participated in a $2 million dollar Kellogg-funded study of earned-income ventures among faith-based nonprofits and conducted research on the Hispanic church nationwide.

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