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Organizing Religious Work for the 21st Century
Church, Identity, and Change:
Theology and Denominational Structures in Unsettled Times
David A. Roozen and James R. Nieman (editors)
Table of Contents
Introduction
David A. Roozen and James R. Nieman
"More Than Evangelical": The Challenge of the Evolving Identity of the Assemblies of God
Gary B. McGee
Charisma and Structure in the Assemblies of God: Revisiting O'Dea's Five Dilemmas
Margaret M. Poloma
The Challenges of Organization and Spirit in the Implementation of Theology in the Assemblies of God
William W. Menzies
A Short History of the Association of Vineyard Churches
Bill Jackson
Routinizing Charisma: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship in the Post-Wimber Era
Donald E. Miller
Theological Perspective and Reflection on the Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Don Williams
Anglican Mission in Changing Times: A Brief Institutional History of the Episcopal Church, USA
Ian T. Douglas
A Primacy of Systems: Confederation, Corporation, and Communion
William H. Swatos, Jr.
Crisis as Opportunity: Scandal, Structure, and Change in the Episcopal Church on the Cusp of the Millennium
Jennifer M. Phillips
Structuring a Confessional Church for the Global Age: Admission to Communion by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Paul Marschke
Fellowship and Communion in the Postmodern Era: The Case of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
David L. Carlson
The Theological Meaning and Use of Communion: The Case of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Eugene W. Bunkowske
How Firm a Foundation? The Institutional Origins of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
Quinton Hosford Dixie
The National Baptist Convention: Traditions and Contemporary Challenges
Aldon D. Morris and Shayne Lee
Becoming a People of God: Theological Reflections on the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
David Emmanuel Goatley
The Reformed Church in America as a National Church
John Coakley
National Engagement with Localism: The Last Gasp of the Corporate Denomination?
Donald A. Luidens
No Longer Business as Usual: The Reformed Church in America Seen through Its Mission Statement
Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell
The United Church of Christ: Redefining Unity in Christ as Unity in Diversity
Barbara Brown Zikmund
Strategy and Restructure in the United Church of Christ
Emily Barman and Mark Chaves
Faith and Organization in the United Church of Christ
Roger L. Shinn
Methodism as Machine
Russell E. Richey
Leadership, Identity, and Mission in a Changing United Methodist Church
James Rutland Wood
Practical Theology at Work in the United Methodist Church: Restructuring, Reshaping, Reclaiming
Pamela D. Couture
National Denominational Structures' Engagement with Postmodernity: An Integrative Summary from an Organizational Perspective
David A. Roozen
The Theological Work of Denominations
James R. Nieman
Contributors
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