About this title: Rooted in the observation that massive transitions in the church happen about every 500 years, Phyllis Tickle shows readers that we live in such a time right now. She compares the Great Emergence to other 'Greats' in the history of Christianity, including: the Great Transformation (when God walked among us); the time of Gregory the Great; and, the ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: BAKER BOOK HOUSE
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780801013133ISBN:0801013135
Description: New. Rooted in the observation that massive transitions in the church happen about every 500 years, Tickle combines history, a look at the causes of social upheaval, and current events to illustrate the exciting future that lies ahead for the church. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Baker Book House USA
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780801013133ISBN:0801013135
Description: New. Rooted in the observation that massive transitions in the church happen about every 500 years, this title shows that we live in such a time. It compares the Great Emergence to other 'Greats' in the history of Christianity, including: the Great Transfo... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baker Pub Group
Date Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN-13:9780801013133ISBN:0801013135
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baker Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780801013133ISBN:0801013135
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Baker Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780801013133ISBN:0801013135
Description: New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 172 p. Contains: Illustrations. Emersion: Emergent Villages Resources for Communities of Fai. read more
"Phylllis Tickle proposes that the western church is in midst of its fourth reformation. After reasing her well-reasoned analysis, I would have to agree. A short, but compelling look at where we are in terms of redefining Christianity"
"Phyllis Tickle, who is the editor of the Religion Department of Publisher's Weekly, has written a thin, but information packed, book dealing with the evolution of religion in America and projecting its future development. Using the thesis that there is a great religious upheaval about every 500 years (we are about 500 years from the Protestant Reformation, 1,000 years from the Great Schism, 1,500 years from Gregory the Great, and 2,000 years from the emergence Christianity), she argues that Christianity is in the midst of another great upheaval and period of growth. Interestingly enough, she also comments that Jewish rabbis have pointed out that within Judiasm there also seems to be a 500 cycle. Five hundred years before the destruction of the Second Temple was the Babylonian Captivity and the Diaspora, and 500 years before that was the end of the Age of Judges and the establishment of the Hewbrew monarchy. This is an interesting examination of the state of Christianity in the United States today and a proposal of where Christians might find themselves in the next 50 to 100 years."
"The first part of the book about Christianity having a reformation every 500 years or so is a bit contrived. I don't think history really shows that pattern. But her thoughts on what is happening right now, that we are going through a kind of new Reformation, as she calls it 'The Great Emergence', I think she makes some really good points here. A book worth meditating on."
"Impressive book from Phyllis Tickle about the Emergent Church and how history brought us to the changes currently taking place. It is a short book of ~150 pages. The theme being that every 500 years or so the Christian church "evolves" itself with a giant rummage sale of sorts. Great Schism, Great Reformation, etc... and guess what, you may not know it but we're in the latest evolution. The middle hundred pages of this book details church history and are fascinating as she describes how science and technology have affected and changed the church over the last 500 years.
The idea of the liturgists, social justice Christians, renewalists and conservatives all living in one happy Christian family is always interesting to me... but how the emergent conversation is alive and well in all these groups finding some new common ground is even more fascinating to me. In my opinion, this book falls short of really explaining emergent culture to someone who is new to the lingo but succeeds in showing the reader how to got to it in the first place."
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