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- catalog abstract "In this alarming expose of America's mainline Protestant churches, historian Thomas C. Reeves asserts that these once hallowed houses of worship do not matter nearly so much as they used to, and that, in fact, they are consistently unappealing and irrelevant. Mainline churches are spiritual home to almost a quarter of the American people. They include the American Baptist churches, the Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist. Churches, and the United Church of Christ. Still, millions of parishioners have abandoned them in disgust. And the question is, why? Reeves attributes this crisis, in part, to the growth of a liberal church leadership whose political interests have distorted faith and orthodoxy and replaced them with political correctness. In the hands of liberal organizers, mainline churches have become bastions of "progressive" politics, wherein Christian teaching has lost out to. Multiculturalism, and theology itself has tended to become secular, focusing more on liberal issues such as AIDS awareness and feminist critiques of God the Father than on the life and teachings of Christ. As a result, many churches have alienated their orthodox members and lost their strongest adherents. What, asks Reeves, can be done to reverse this disturbing trend? Based on his own probing investigations, Reeves makes informed recommendations for revitalizing them, And argues that the most critical step in halting the slide of mainline churches is the restoration of their commitment to orthodox theology. Taking his cue from C.S. Lewis, Reeves argues that orthodoxy requires faith in an all-powerful God who was and is capable of the miraculous. Christianity without miracles is dead, and its founder and the apostles madmen.".
- catalog contributor b9676998.
- catalog coverage "United States Church history 20th century.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "And argues that the most critical step in halting the slide of mainline churches is the restoration of their commitment to orthodox theology. Taking his cue from C.S. Lewis, Reeves argues that orthodoxy requires faith in an all-powerful God who was and is capable of the miraculous. Christianity without miracles is dead, and its founder and the apostles madmen.".
- catalog description "Churches, and the United Church of Christ. Still, millions of parishioners have abandoned them in disgust. And the question is, why? Reeves attributes this crisis, in part, to the growth of a liberal church leadership whose political interests have distorted faith and orthodoxy and replaced them with political correctness. In the hands of liberal organizers, mainline churches have become bastions of "progressive" politics, wherein Christian teaching has lost out to.".
- catalog description "Confused and helpless -- Consumer Christianity -- Secular religions -- Up to the precipice -- Stuck in the sixties -- Renewing the mainline.".
- catalog description "In this alarming expose of America's mainline Protestant churches, historian Thomas C. Reeves asserts that these once hallowed houses of worship do not matter nearly so much as they used to, and that, in fact, they are consistently unappealing and irrelevant. Mainline churches are spiritual home to almost a quarter of the American people. They include the American Baptist churches, the Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-262) and index.".
- catalog description "Multiculturalism, and theology itself has tended to become secular, focusing more on liberal issues such as AIDS awareness and feminist critiques of God the Father than on the life and teachings of Christ. As a result, many churches have alienated their orthodox members and lost their strongest adherents. What, asks Reeves, can be done to reverse this disturbing trend? Based on his own probing investigations, Reeves makes informed recommendations for revitalizing them,".
- catalog extent "xi, 276 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Empty church.".
- catalog identifier "0684828111".
- catalog isFormatOf "Empty church.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Empty church.".
- catalog spatial "United States Church history 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "280/.4/09730904 20".
- catalog subject "BR526 .R434 1996".
- catalog subject "Church membership.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism (Religion) Protestant churches History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Liberalism (Religion) United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Confused and helpless -- Consumer Christianity -- Secular religions -- Up to the precipice -- Stuck in the sixties -- Renewing the mainline.".
- catalog title "The empty church : the suicide of liberal Christianity / Thomas C. Reeves.".
- catalog type "Church history. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".