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The Other 80 Percent

Turning Your Church's Spectators into Active Participants

By: Scott Thumma,Warren Bird

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The Other 80 Percent

Turning Your Church's Spectators into Active Participants

By: Scott Thumma,Warren Bird

A research-based approach to developing more active and involved congregations In this practical resource, well-known and respected researcher Scott Thumma and professional co-writer Warren Bird draw upon new and heretofore unpublished research across a broad range of Protestant churches of all sizes and show how to create more active members. Offers solid information of what church leaders need to know about the factors and practices that create church members who are more actively and passionately involved in their congregations. Offers a first of its kind resource for developing engaged congregations Lead author Scott Thumma is a noted researcher and writer on congregational studies Warren Bird is coauthor of Culture Shift and Viral Churches This book offers advice for moving church members from being spectators to living a life of discipleship and faith.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118025369

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9781118025369

Beyond Megachurch Myths

What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches

By: Scott Thumma,Dave Travis

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Beyond Megachurch Myths

What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches

By: Scott Thumma,Dave Travis

Drawing on extensive, broad-based, and well-designed research, as well as stories and anecdotes, Beyond Megachurch Myths dispels popluar myths about megachurches while highlighting the diversity within the megachurch phenomenon. Defining a megachurch as a Protestant church that averages at least 2000 total attendees in their weekend services, Scott Thumma and Dave Travis reveal what these churches are and are not, why they are thriving, what their members say about their experiences, and why they have many valuable lessons to teach smaller churches.

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276

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787994677

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9780787994679

Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam

The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal

By: Scott C. Lucas

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Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam

The Legacy of the Generation of Ibn Saʻd, Ibn Maʻīn, and Ibn Ḥanbal

By: Scott C. Lucas

This book demonstrates the central role of "?ad?th" scholars of the third/ninth century in the articulation of Sunn? Islam. Special attention is devoted to the critical opinions of al-Dhahab?, Ibn Sa?d, Ibn Ma n, and Ibn ?anbal.

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440

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BRILL

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9004133194

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9789004133198

Religious Interaction Ritual

The Microsociology of the Spirit

By: Scott Draper

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Religious Interaction Ritual

The Microsociology of the Spirit

By: Scott Draper

This book is a microsociological study of religious practice, based on fieldwork with Conservative Jews, Bible Belt Muslims, white Baptists, black Baptists, Buddhist meditators, and Latino Catholics. In each case, the author scrutinizes how a congregation’s ritual strategies help or hinder their efforts to achieve a transformative spiritual encounter, an intense feeling that becomes the basis of their most fundamental understandings of reality. The book shows how these transformative spiritual encounters routinely depend on issues that can seem rather mundane by comparison, such as where the sanctuary’s entrance is located, how many misprints end up in the church bulletin, or how long the preacher continues to preach beyond lunchtime. The spirit responds to other dynamics, as well, such as how congregations collectively imagine outsiders, or how they talk about ideas like individualism and patriarchy. Building on provocative theories from sociologists such as Émile Durkheim, Erving Goffman, Randall Collins, and Anne Warfield Rawls, this book shows how “interaction ritual theory” opens compelling new pathways for sociological scholarship on religion. Micro-level specifics from fieldwork in Texas are supplemented with large-scale survey analysis of a wide array of religious organizations from across the United States.

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217

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498576303

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9781498576307

The Challenge of Political Islam

Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State

By: Rachel Scott

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The Challenge of Political Islam

Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State

By: Rachel Scott

Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists, this book examines Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the perspective of Islamic conceptions of citizenship, and provides non-Muslim responses to those views.

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294

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Stanford University Press

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0804769052

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9780804769051

Waco Standoff

By: Scott Gillam

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Waco Standoff

By: Scott Gillam

This title examines an important historic event--the standoff in Waco, Texas, between federal law enforcement agencies and Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and his followers living in the Mount Carmel Center. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history and religious beliefs of Koresh's group, the suspected criminal activity that led law enforcement to surround the compound, the events of the 51-day standoff, and its tragic end. Also discussed are the social and religious contexts that contributed to the tragedy. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web sites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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ABDO Publishing Company

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1629680346

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Multi-Site Churches

Guidance for the Movement's Next Generation

By: Scott McConnell

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Multi-Site Churches

Guidance for the Movement's Next Generation

By: Scott McConnell

Based on research of forty congregations that have grown by opening one or more additional worship locations, Multi-Site Churches provides the next generation of believers interested in this same type of growth with practical insights about how and when to proceed. Common practices and mistakes to avoid are clearly explained, and first-person advice and anecdotes from leading multi-site church pastors offer an invaluable advantage for when your church considers whether or not to follow this path of ministry.

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258

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B&H Publishing Group

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0805449965

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9780805449969

A Sense of Belonging

Being Church in Pluralistic Society

By: Hilton Scott

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A Sense of Belonging

Being Church in Pluralistic Society

By: Hilton Scott

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to a societal challenge that both affects and is affected by the church in multi-racial, multi-cultural, and otherwise pluralistic communities. In certain contexts, around the world there are pertinent examples of the struggles that come with learning to live together in the midst of diversity and plurality, such as the post-apartheid Republic of South Africa. However, these (more often than not racial and cultural) struggles could be eased by developing worship services that are more relevant and inclusive. This, in turn, should instil a sense of belief and a way of inclusive thinking, culminating in more inclusive living. The approach developed in this book stems from the aphorism lex orandi, lex credendi, lex (con)vivendi—or “as we pray, so we believe, so we live (together).”

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666737461

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Obesity Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

By: Scott Kahan,Robert F. Kushner

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Obesity Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

By: Scott Kahan,Robert F. Kushner

This issue of Medical Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Scott Kahan and Robert Kushner, is devoted to Obesity. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Obesity as a Disease; Treating Obesity in Primary Care; Obesity Guidelines Overview; Obesity in Special Populations: The Elderly and Aging; Obesity in Special Populations: Young Adults and Adolescents; Obesity in Special Populations: Pregnancy and Peri-pregnancy, Including Epigenetics; Nutrition in Obesity Management: Cornerstones of Lifestyle Management; Physical Activity in Obesity Management: Cornerstones of Lifestyle Management; Behavioral Medicine and Counseling for Obesity; Obesity Pharmacotherapy; Medical Devices for Obesity Treatment; Bariatric Surgery for Obesity; Weight Maintenance and Long Term Management in Obesity; and Case Studies in Obesity Medicine.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323566448

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9780323566445

The Other 80 Percent

Turning Your Church's Spectators into Active Participants

By: Scott Thumma,Warren Bird

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The Other 80 Percent

Turning Your Church's Spectators into Active Participants

By: Scott Thumma,Warren Bird

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470891297

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9780470891292

Beyond Megachurch Myths

What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches

By: Scott Thumma,Dave Travis

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Beyond Megachurch Myths

What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches

By: Scott Thumma,Dave Travis

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Book's by Scott Thumma

The Other 80 Percent

The Other 80 Percent

Beyond Megachurch Myths

Beyond Megachurch Myths

Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam

Constructive Critics, Ḥadīth Literature, and the Articulation of Sunnī Islam

Religious Interaction Ritual

Religious Interaction Ritual

The Challenge of Political Islam

The Challenge of Political Islam

Waco Standoff

Waco Standoff

Multi-Site Churches

Multi-Site Churches

A Sense of Belonging

A Sense of Belonging

Obesity Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

Obesity Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

The Other 80 Percent

The Other 80 Percent

Beyond Megachurch Myths

Beyond Megachurch Myths

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