An Emergent Manifesto of Hope Book Description

The emerging church is an international movement whose widespread influence cuts across denominational and traditional lines. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope represents a coming together of over twenty divergent voices into a conversation about the main issues being considered within the emerging church. This unprecedented collection includes writings by some of the most important voices in the emergent conversation, including Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, Ryan Bolger, Barry Taylor, and Sally Morgenthaler. It also introduces some lesser known but integral players representing a "who's next" within the emerging church. The articles cover a broad range of topics, such as spiritual formation, social justice, theology, multiculturalism, racial reconciliation, postcolonialism, sex, church and community, and evangelism.

Many have heard of the emerging church, but few people feel they have a handle on what the emerging church believes and represents. Is it a passing fad led by disenfranchised neo-evangelicals? Or is it the future of the church at large?

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Doug Pagitt (MA, Bethel Seminary) is pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and author of Preaching Re-Imagined, Church Re-Imagined, and BodyPrayer.

Tony Jones (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary) is currently working on his PhD in practical theology at Princeton. Formerly the minister to youth and young adults at the Colonial Church of Edina in Edina, Minnesota, Jones is the author of five books: Postmodern Youth Ministry, Soul Shaper, Divine Intervention, and Pray.