{"product_id":"slow-church-cultivating-community-in-the-patient-way-of-jesus-paperback","title":"Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. Christopher Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Pattison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Wilson-Hartgrove\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders' Choice Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe church is oftenidealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In \u003ci\u003eSlow Church, \u003c\/i\u003e Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (MDiv, Duke Divinity School) is a writer, preacher, and moral activist. He and his wife, Leah, founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham, North Carolina. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a popular education center in Durham committed to \"making surprising friendships possible,\" and is an associate minister at St. John's Missionary Baptist Church.Jonathan is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eReconstructing theGospel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrangers at My Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommon Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Stability\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Monasticism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBecoming the Answer to Our Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Christopher Smith is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Englewood Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and a member of the Englewood Christian Church community on the urban Near Eastside of Indianapolis. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSlow Church\u003c\/i\u003e. Chris's writing has appearedin \u003ci\u003eBooks and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSojourners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIndiana Green Living\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pattison's essays, articles and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eRelevant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooks Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines around the country. A member of the National Book Critics Circle, he is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBesides the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 247\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Book of the Year (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868322816197,"sku":"9780830841141","price":35.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/9oE91wESBR9780830841141.webp?v=1781405162","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/slow-church-cultivating-community-in-the-patient-way-of-jesus-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}