04914nam a2200613Ki 4500 ocn889814249 OCoLC 20200709060210.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140902s2013 orua ob 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781621898788 (electronic bk.) 1621898784 (electronic bk.) 1620323761 9781620323762 (OCoLC)889814249 833969 (N$T) n-us--- BV4501.3 .B93 2013eb REL 015000 bisacsh 277.3083 22 N$TA Byassee, Jason. Discerning the body : searching for Jesus in the world / Jason Byassee; foreword by Martin E. Marty. Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (xix, 244 pages) : illustration. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Pt. 1. Searching for Jesus in local congregations. Emerging model: a visit to Jacob's Well -- The church downtown: strategies for urban ministry -- Africentric church: a visit to Chicago's Trinity UCC -- Synchronized worship: the rise of the multicampus church -- It's simul justus, not the tattoos: a profile of Nadia Bolz-Weber and House for All Sinners and Saints -- pt. 2. Searching for Jesus in popular evangelicalism. The new monastics: alternative Christian communities -- Be happy: the health and wealth gospel of Joel Osteen -- En-raptured: will we be "Left Behind"? -- Dinosaurs in the garden: a visit to the Creation Museum -- Jeremiah Wright, evangelicals' brother in Christ -- The almost formerly important: lessons of the old mainline for the new mainline -- pt. 3. Searching for Jesus in the church in Africa. Perilous presence: Christians in Uganda -- Holy space in Uganda -- How the church grew in South Sudan -- Surprises in Sudan: reading the Bible with Southern Sudanese Christians -- The muse of church revival in Sudan -- Why haven't they left? Stability in the church of Sudan -- University presidents in the Congo: how to stop a war -- Leadership as dancing the dance of all your people -- pt. 4. Searching for Jesus among Roman Catholics. What about Mary? Protestants and Marian devotion -- On the grace-filled life -- Santuary: Mary, Methodists, and immigration -- Joseph: stepfather to God -- Mass appeal? Attending a Latin liturgy -- Dare to discipline? John Kerry and Communion -- Going Catholic: six journeys to Rome -- Fathers and sons at the beach -- pt. 5. Searching for Jesus in popular culture. What you're looking for: worship at the U2charist -- Saint Lebowski -- Messge of light: an interview with Seth Avett -- The banjo lesson: the Carolina Chocolate Drops -- The difficulty and glory of collaboration -- pt. 6. Searching for Jesus in sports. Holy hoops: the quasi-religious basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina -- Duke basketball: you are what you do regularly, excellently -- Invisible, sticky leaders -- The last guy on the bench: Casey Peters -- Duke football: how to react to a failure that's not your fault? -- Marathons: straining toward holiness: together -- Marathons as grace or heresy? -- pt. 7. Searching for Jesus in Christian institutions. Hierarchy of holiness -- Outrageous ambition in East Africa -- Campuses of the kingdom -- Cells in the body of Christ -- Luring a campus into the faith -- Academic diversity through church affiliation -- pt. 8. Searching for Jesus amidst the task of writing. Why religious journalism is boring -- Paying attention -- Abounding in hope -- Joining the communion of saints and writing the unwritable word. Description based on print version record. Christian life. Church. Christianity. Christianity and culture. Christianity and culture United States. Christianity United States 21st century. Christian life. fast (OCoLC)fst00859185 Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst00859599 Christianity and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst00859660 Church. fast (OCoLC)fst00860364 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Marty, Martin E., 1928- writer of foreword. Print version: Byassee, Jason. Discerning the body 1620323761 (DLC) 2013454034 (OCoLC)859447934 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=833969 EBSCOhost EBSC 833969 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 55276 55276