Past and Prospect Contributor(s): Ingersol, Stan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1625647891 ISBN-13: 9781625647894 Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - General - Religion | Christianity - Denominations - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
Series: Point Loma Press |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.41 lbs) 124 pages |
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Publisher Description: Description: Today the Church of the Nazarene faces issues that arise directly out of its past. For that reason, Past and Prospect argues that Nazarenes will be better equipped to face their future as a church armed by an understanding of their own history. Church historian Stan Ingersol examines issues that have characterized the Nazarene way of life during that denomination's first century, showing how the trajectory shaped by the church's founders has been altered through time by the shifting tides of Fundamentalism, mainstream Evangelicalism, global expansion, and the culture of affluence. He contends that current disagreements over polity, holiness, and worship are largely echoes and projections of tensions that have been present in the denomination since its very beginning. As the reader will discover, the common denominator running through these chapters is the prospect of rediscovering a relevant and useful past. |