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Rob Bell and a New American Christianity

By: James K. Wellman

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Rob Bell and a New American Christianity

By: James K. Wellman

Is Rob Bell the most important leader in the new American religious landscape?

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169

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Abingdon Press

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ISBN 10

1426748442

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9781426748448

High on God

How Megachurches Won the Heart of America

By: James K. Wellman,Katie Corcoran,Kate Stockly

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High on God

How Megachurches Won the Heart of America

By: James K. Wellman,Katie Corcoran,Kate Stockly

High on God offers a fascinating study of the rise of megachurches and the reasons that these churches have conquered the American church market. The authors reveal the emotional and social dynamics that pull thousands of people into megachurches and keep them there.

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353

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0199827710

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9780199827718

The Power of Religious Publics

Staking Claims in American Society

By: William H. Swatos Jr.,James K. Wellman

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The Power of Religious Publics

Staking Claims in American Society

By: William H. Swatos Jr.,James K. Wellman

Currently, public religion is in a time of flux and the notion of the common good—once associated with the Protestant voice in America—is openly contested by new religious coalitions seeking to communicate their version of the truth and plant their stake in the public domain. This edited volume reflects on the changing tone and form of the public voice of religion, on its function in American society, and on its relationship to the private world of religion. It proposes that public religion, when exercised in a civil and accountable way, can be a responsible and prophetic voice in public life and enrich the American experiment in liberal democracy. The contributors—first-rate scholars including Martin Marty and Robert Belah—focus on public religion's influence on controversial issues such as multiculturalism, economic inequality, abortion, and homosexuality.

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246

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313371326

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9780313371325

The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto

Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism

By: James K. Wellman

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The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto

Christ and Culture in Mainline Protestantism

By: James K. Wellman

One of the nation's best known churches, Fourth Presbyterian is a thriving mainline church housed in an elegant Gothic building in Chicago's wealthy Gold Coast neighborhood. Less than a mile to the west is another world: the Cabrini-Green low- income housing projects. In this evenhanded account, James Wellman surveys the church's history of balancing its theological aims and its social boundaries and sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of liberal Protestantism as a modern religious institution. Wellman shows how Fourth Presbyterian has moved from an establishment congregation to what he calls a lay liberal church working to overcome class and race inequality in its urban context while carving out its institutional identity in an increasingly pluralistic environment. By examining the church's four main leaders over the course of the century, Wellman tracks Fourth Presbyterian's gradual shift away from an evangelical role and toward the current focus on service, epitomized in the church's main outreach program, an extensive volunteer tutoring program that serves hundreds of Cabrini-Green residents each week. In documenting Fourth Presbyterian's struggle to meet the needs of its privileged congregants while challenging them to move beyond exclusive boundaries of race and class, The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto opens a window into the past, present, and future of the Protestant mainline.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252068041

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9780252068041

Vibrant Learning

An Integrative Approach to Teaching Content Area Disciplines

By: Debra K. Wellman,Cathy Y. Kim,Lynn Columba,Alden J. Moe

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Vibrant Learning

An Integrative Approach to Teaching Content Area Disciplines

By: Debra K. Wellman,Cathy Y. Kim,Lynn Columba,Alden J. Moe

Grounded in research, Vibrant Learning, focuses on language-rich, literacy-based, collaborative classrooms as the foundation for transforming content area learning. The authors emphasize three areas: (1) strategies to support student understanding of concepts, (2) ideas to encourage student engagement, and (3) creating a lively and respectful classroom environment to foster an integrative approach to learning. Knowledgeable teachers with a repertoire of effective instructional strategies make genuine learning possible. With that in mind, this book presents a solid theoretical background and a set of practical tools in each of its chapters, ranging from assessment, compression, vocabulary, motivation, to integration for the content area teacher.

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251

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475842376

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9781475842371

Evangelical vs. Liberal

By: James K. Wellman

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Evangelical vs. Liberal

By: James K. Wellman

The cultural conflict that increasingly divides American society is particularly evident within Protestant Christianity. Liberals and evangelicals clash in bitter competition for the future of their respective subcultures. In this book, James Wellman examines this conflict as it is played out in the American Northwest. Drawing on an in-depth study of twenty-four of the area's fastest-growing evangelical churches and ten vital liberal Protestant congregations, Wellman captures the leading trends of each group and their interaction with the wider American culture. He finds a remarkable depth of disagreement between the two groups on almost every front. Where evangelicals are willing to draw sharp lines on gay marriage and abortion, liberals complain about evangelical self-righteousness and disregard for personal freedoms. Liberals prefer the moral power of inclusiveness, while evangelicals frame their moral stances as part of a metaphysical struggle between good and evil. The entrepreneurial nature of evangelicalism translates into support of laissez-faire capitalism and democratic political advocacy. Liberals view both policies with varying degrees of apprehension. Such differences are significant on a national scale, with implications for the future of American Protestantism in particular and American culture in general. Both groups act in good faith and with good intentions, and each maintains a moral core that furthers its own identity, ideology, ritual, mission, and politics. In some situations, they share similar attitudes despite having different beliefs. Attending church services and interviewing senior pastors, lay leaders and new members, Wellman is able to provide new insights into the convenient categories of "liberal" and "evangelical," the nature of the conflict, and the myriad ways both groups affect and are affected by American culture.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199885192

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9780199885190

Book's by K. Wellman

Rob Bell and a New American Christianity

Rob Bell and a New American Christianity

High on God

High on God

The Power of Religious Publics

The Power of Religious Publics

The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto

The Gold Coast Church and the Ghetto

Vibrant Learning

Vibrant Learning

Evangelical vs. Liberal

Evangelical vs. Liberal

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