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eBook: The Church in the Midst of Creation
By Vincent Donovan,

Vincent J. Donovan is known to tens of thousands of readers as the author of Christianity Rediscovered (Orbis 1978, 2003). In this long-awaited sequel, he moves from Africa where he sought to present Christ without the usual missionary paraphernalia, to the Western world. He asks, “We see quite plainly the church as it is, but what should it be?” Father Donovan argues that our times should be compared to those of the earliest church, when Paul sought to open up the gospel to non-Jews without demanding Jewish law obedience. He pictures a church today that has grown into the mold of the modern age, with its uniformity, specialization and centralization. And he explores how that church can put off a domesticated Christ, create new forms of ministry and find new life before God. The Church in the Midst of Creation is essential reading for anyone who has ever asked, “What will be involved in refounding the church for the Third Millennium?” This 1989 book is out of print and offered as a 2004 e-book.

Quantity About the author: Vincent J. Donovan, a Spiritan priest, spent seventeen years in Tanzania before returning to ministry in the United States. He died in 2000.

E-Price: $14.99 , .pdf format*, size=900k, (Bimillennial 2004), 206 pp. This item usually can be downloaded the same day. *PDF files require an Adobe® Acrobat® Reader (4.0 and higher), a free plugin (5.6MB) that can be downloaded. Click the button below. Contents 1. Yesterday's Children A Theological Look at Our Time in the Church The Brother of the Lord Judeo-Christians 2. The Dying of an Age The Mind of Christ The Birth Pangs of a New Age A Global Revolution 3. The Church: Captive of the Industrial Revolution From Unity to Uniformity From Generalization to Specialization From Local Community to Central Headquarters Synchronization, Concentration, and Maximization 4. The Mediterranean Christ Early Concepts of Christ Searching for the Historical Jesus A Planetary Christ 5. Sacraments for the World Not in Jerusalem Baptism Eucharist 6. The Thirteenth Apostle Religion, Revelation, and Faith 7. The Church of the Third wave Doctrine and Sacrament in a Destandardized Church A Despecialized Church A Decentralized Church 8. Heirs of the World The Church in the Midst of Creation Evangelization in the New Age A New Earth 9. Preaching the Gospel to America A Giant Leap for Humankind The Unpreached Gospel What Do You Believe? Individualism, Self-Fulfillment, and Racism A New Age Dawning 10. Epilogue: The Response The Church The Basic Community APPENDICES: Discussion Guide Index

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