Church Matters: Retrieving the Great Tradition

Contents

About the Author

5

Preface

7

Session 1 The Apostolic Age, the Ancient Church, the Apologists, and the Great Tradition

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Session 2 The Medieval Church and the Reformation

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Session 3 Modernity, Post-Modernity, and the Church Today

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Session 4

What’s All the Hubbub about the Great Tradition? Church Matters and Going Back to the Future:

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Session 5 The Purpose, Elements, and Advantages of Shared Spirituality

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Session 6 Shared Spirituality and Church Plant Movements

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Session 7

First Steps in Recapturing the Great Tradition through Shared Spirituality Sowing Good Seed:

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Appendix

137

Bibliography

293

About Us

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