Emerging Evangelicals: Faith, Modernity, and the Desire for Authenticity

by James S. Bielo

Book Overview

The Emerging Church movement developed in the mid-1990s among primarily white, urban, middle-class pastors and laity who were disenchanted with America's conservative Evangelical sub-culture. It is a response to the increasing divide between conservative Evangelicals and concerned critics who strongly oppose what they consider overly slick, corporate, and consumerist versions of faith. A core feature of their response is a challenge to traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814789544
• ISBN13: 9780814789544
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"