The Soul of the Congregation

by Thomas Edward Frank

Book Overview

Thomas Edward Frank points out that the dominant paradigm of many contemporary books about church administration reflects an underlying "theology of progress," a distilling of the gospel into self-worth, a conflation of basilea with market growth. According to Frank, good fortune and blessing are confused; praise and good feeling are identified. This paradigm of success and progress, however, fails to account adequately for the vision of the believers'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687087171
• ISBN13: 9780687087174
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"