Unlearning Protestantism : sustaining Christian community in an unstable age /

Schlabach, Gerald.

Unlearning Protestantism : sustaining Christian community in an unstable age / Gerald W. Schlabach. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, 2010. - 272 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-265) and index.

The Protestant dilemma -- The matter of continuity -- The practice of stability -- Stability writ large -- Stability in hard times : loyal dissent -- Giving the gift of stability to a globalizing world.

"This book is not about encouraging people to abandon Protestant churches. It is not a pamphlet to persuade Protestants to become Roman Catholic. Rather it is about virtues that all Christian communities need to sustain their communal lives, whatever their ecclesial location"--Introduction.

9781587431111 (pbk.) 1587431114 (pbk.)

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Catholic Church--Discipline.


Church controversies.
Continuity of the church.
Church controversies--Mennonites.

BV 652.9 .S278 2010