TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marti,Gerardo
TI  - The deconstructed church: understanding emerging Christianity 
SN  - 9780195259884 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - BV 601.9 .M28 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Emerging church movement
KW  - Evangelicalism
KW  - Christianity
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index; Pluralist Congregations -- Being an Emerging Christian -- Faith as Conversation -- Deconstructing Congregational Practices -- Following Jesus in the Real World -- Understanding Emerging Christianity
N2  - The Emerging Church Movement (ECM) is a creative, entrepreneurial religious movement that strives to achieve social legitimacy and spiritual vitality by actively disassociating from its roots in conservative, evangelical Christianity and "deconstructing" contemporary expressions of Christianity. Emerging Christians see themselves as overturning outdated interpretations of the Bible, transforming hierarchical religious institutions, and re-orienting Christianity to step outside the walls of church buildings toward working among and serving others in the "real world."
ER  -