Judith A. Merkle

Sensing the Spirit (eBook, PDF)

Toward the Future of Religious Life

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, this book examines how secular culture affects both the living of Christian discipleship today and impacts how religious congregations engage in their own renewal and future. It argues that religious communities can do more than improve and fix the out of date conditions they met in the renewal after Vatican II.

Calling on environmental, sociological and theological insights, this book asks how the ongoing "coming of the Kingdom" in the Spirit brings new gifts for these times and how congregations might respond beyond restorative or post-Christian solutions to new challenges confronting them. This book offers a renewed meaning of religious life in secular life and the gift it offers and receives from every culture in which it is embedded.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567707024
• Artikelnr.: 67463326

Autorenporträt

Judith A. Merkle is Professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies at Niagara University, New York, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Foundations Chapter One: The Unfolding Seed Chapter
Two: The Niche of Religious Life Chapter Three: Beyond Survival Part II:
Toward the Future of Religious Life Chapter Four: The Vows in Secular
Culture Chapter Five: Adult Christian Living in Secular Culture Chapter
Six: Adaptations in a New Environment Bibliography Index