About this title: Sweet, author of A CUP OF COFFEE AT THE SOUL CAFÉ, urges Christians to take stock of the mass of modern phenomena surrounding them and to respond accordingly.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B&H Books
Date Published: 2000-07-15
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Date Published: 2000-07-15
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Date Published: 2000-07-15
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B & H Pub Group
Date Published: 2000-07-01
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Date Published: 2000
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780805421378ISBN:0805421378
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Description: Good. 0805421378 TITLE: Post-Modern PilgrimsAUTHOR: Sweet, LeonardISBN 10: 0805421378ISBN 13: 9780805421378BINDING: Hardback with Dust JacketPUBLICATION DATE: 2000PAGES: 194DESCRIPTION: Used book in good or better condition. read more
"interesting commentary on what established churches need to do to maintain their relevancy in today's world. some ideas are not limited to churches, but mission-based organizations in general - how to attract individuals and keep their interest while projecting image/brand/mission to the community at large."
"Post-modernity is all the rage. It used to be that great epochs of history would be named and categorized only after the fact. Now, we try to define and judge history as it happens. It is probably fitting that in our wired world of blogs that our era of history would come with its own running commentary. Leonard Sweet, self-proclaimed theologian and futurist, offers his own commentary. He speaks to the Church in non-technical language about post-modernity and its implications for ministry.
Generally, I like Leonard Sweet. He is creative and fresh--witnessing to the relevancy of the gospel rather than trying to make it relevant. I have read a few of his other books, and I am a regular subscriber to his website for preachers, www.preachingplus.com. Overall, I am pleased with his book, "Post-Modern Pilgrims." Suggesting that we must continue to keep the past and the future in conversation is sound advice. His exegesis of modern American culture rings true, and it that light, his acronym EPIC is helpful. (Congregations need to promote consciously the ways in which their ministries area Experiential, Participatory, Image-driven, and Connected.)
Sadly, there are ways in which the book fails to go far enough. For all the talk of keeping the past and future in conversation, it is clear that the future dominates the book. The subtitle of the book is "First Century Passion for the 21st Century World." I would have loved some of that "first century passion." There is no extended treatment of how the early church understood itself or its mission, or why this might matter to the future of the church.
Although I tend to accept some of Sweet's concerns of modernity, he could sharpen his analysis. For example, Sweet asks the question, "Why has praise music been such a pet hate in so many church circles (pg 143)?" His answer may surprise you. The fault lies in the scientific method. I still cannot fathom how praise music is antithetical to the scientific method. Elsewhere, he suggests that modernity was "word-based" but post-modernity is "image-driven" (pg 89). The evidence for this switch, Sweet argues, is the importance of metaphor. However, what is metaphor if not "word-based"? Throughout the book, Sweet rejects modernity, while embracing the technology it has wrought.
The new world in which we live means the gospel should be expressed in new ways. However, I do not see in Leonard Sweet how the gospel critiques post-modernity. Could our over-reliance on technology be hurting real relationships? Could the 17th Century Reformers be right about their concern with icons and imagery? Could an ever expanding desire for experiences be idolatrous? Leonard Sweet praises the potentials for ministry in this post-modern period, yet the Church needs a better roadmap to navigate the pitfalls."
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