Elaine A. Heath
Autor de Mystic Way of Evangelism, The: A Contemplative Vision for Christian Outreach
Sobre El Autor
Elaine A. Heath (PhD, Duquesne University) is dean of Duke Divinity School and has authored numerous books. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, she is a frequent retreat speaker and has experience as a pastor and spiritual director.
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1954
- Género
- female
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Educación
- Oakland University (BA|English)
Ashland Theological Seminary (MDiv)
Duquesne University (PhD|Systematic Theology)
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 13
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 287
- Popularidad
- #81,379
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 30
The author believes American Christendom is experiencing a period of the "dark night of the soul," and its current methods of attempting growth are not sustainable. She appeals to the examples within the mystic tradition as guides to exploring the nature of the faith, embodying the faith, critiquing social constructions regarding the faith and on their own, and embodying care and concern for others and the environment. Throughout half the work a story is woven about a prospective Christian and his growth in commitment as it relates to these subjects.
There is much worth considering here; the work is hindered by its insistence on the shibboleths of progressive liberal Protestantism. Most of the Christians with whom the author interacts would have understood gender roles in Christ quite differently from her, for instance, but they still have appeal. The specific realms of focus are also quite in line with liberal Protestantism.
Yet much of the critique is valuable: evangelism in churches does seem to get associated with a sales/marketing strategy and far too often is disconnected from meaningful embodiment of the faith in discipleship. The way of the mystics is worth exploring as a critique of what has become of Christendom in late modernity.
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