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092 _a250.973
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100 _aBass, Diana Butler
245 _aThe Practicing Congregation
_bImagining A New Old Church
260 _aHerndon
_bThe Alban Institute
_c2004
300 _axiv, 129
_c21cm
440 _aAlban Institute publication, AL295.
520 _a The conventional wisdom about mainline Protestantism maintains that it is a dying tradition, irrelevant to a postmodern society, unresponsive to change, and increasingly disconnected from its core faith tenets. In her provocative new book, historian and researcher Diana Butler Bass argues that there are signs that mainline Protestant churches are indeed changing, finding a new vitality intentionally grounded in Christian practices and laying the groundwork for a new type of congregation. The Practicing Congregation tracks these changes by looking at the overall history of American congregation.
650 _aChurch Renewal
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