A playful, witty, but substantive "postmodern ministry for dummies-type" book that fills the huge and getting huger hunger for something in one volume that introduces the basic concepts and vernacular of "postmodern ministry."
A Is for Abductive, B is for Body, C is for Carpe Manana, D is for Double-Ring, E is for EPICtivities, F is for Fractals, G is for Grace, H is for Holarchy, I is for Icon, J is for the J-Factor, K is for Kaleidoscopic Change, L is for Loopy, M is for Metanarrative, N is for Neurological Pre-Rewirings, O is for Open-Endedness, P is for Prayer, Q is for Quest-ions, R is for Radical Orthodoxy, S is for Systems Theology, T is for Tribal, U is for Unknown, V is for Voice, W is for Wonder, X is for Xenophilia, Y is for Yes!, Z is for Zending.
Do You Know the Postmodern Alphabet? The letters are all the same, but the things they stand for are as different as the future is from the past. A Is for Abductive helps you get a handle today on the vocabulary of tomorrow, and on concepts indispensable for living out the old-fashioned gospel in these newfangled times. "You caused this book," writes one of the authors. "People like you were insisting on a beginner's guide to the pathway of postmodern ministry." Here it is. There is no right or wrong place to begin-just pick a letter and start reading. You'll acquire new words for a new world that will change how you think about church, about ministry, and about what it means to follow in Jesus' footsteps-entering today's culture in order to love it, serve it, and lead it home to God. |
