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The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier
by
Tony Jones
What the "Emergent Church Movement" is all about-and why it matters to the future of Christianity
Following on the questions raised by Brian McLaren in A New Kind of Christian, Tony Jones has written an engaging exploration of what this new kind of Christianity looks like. Writing "dispatches" about the thinking and practices of adventurous Emergent Chri
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Published
March 3rd 2008
by Jossey-Bass
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One of the minsters at the church where I work went to a conference in Atlanta not long ago. While she was there, she saw Tony Jones speak, was really excited about what he had to say, and brought back two copies of his book, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier.
Tony Jones is the coordinator of Emergent Village, and is one of the leaders in the emergent church movement. Jones defines the emergent church as "the specifically new forms of church life rising fr...more
Tony Jones is the coordinator of Emergent Village, and is one of the leaders in the emergent church movement. Jones defines the emergent church as "the specifically new forms of church life rising fr...more
A fantastic overview of the Emergent movement by Tony Jones. If you don't know much about the Emergent movement, want to know more or learn for yourself what it is all about, read this book! If you read no other books about Emergent, read this one!
I have been liking the bits and pieces of Emergent ideas and dialogues that I've picked up in other books, but nothing gave me the clarity or confidence that what I felt or believed fit anywhere in particular. But after reading the ideas...more
I have been liking the bits and pieces of Emergent ideas and dialogues that I've picked up in other books, but nothing gave me the clarity or confidence that what I felt or believed fit anywhere in particular. But after reading the ideas...more
While I didn't agree with everything in the book, it gave me a lot to think about in regards to Christianity and postmodernism. One of the best points in the book refers to the notion that many people agree that God is truth and that God cannot be defined fully by human language; therefore, how can humans define truth with the same falliable language? The Emergent Church is a little too unstructured for me, but many of the thoughts and points expressed are the backbone for problems many Genera...more
If you are trying to understand the Emergent movement, this is the best, most easily accessible book that I have found.
The most succinct review would be 'Great questions, troubling answers.'
I read this book for class at GCTS .. it gave Laurel and I a number of things to discuss, and I wrote dozens of comments in the margins as I read. Very provocative, very interesting, but as many people have pointed out before, the Emergent tendency to deconstruct the authority of the ...more
The most succinct review would be 'Great questions, troubling answers.'
I read this book for class at GCTS .. it gave Laurel and I a number of things to discuss, and I wrote dozens of comments in the margins as I read. Very provocative, very interesting, but as many people have pointed out before, the Emergent tendency to deconstruct the authority of the ...more
As someone who is ambivalent about the Emergent Church, but interested to know more, I decided to read this book, which I was given for free at an Emergent Church book tour in 2007.
The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier is an attempt by the author to explain the history and practice of the new Emergent Church phenomenon in Western Protestant Christianity. Jones begins with giving a history of the Church, then follows with an explanation of how the Emergent Churc...more
The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier is an attempt by the author to explain the history and practice of the new Emergent Church phenomenon in Western Protestant Christianity. Jones begins with giving a history of the Church, then follows with an explanation of how the Emergent Churc...more
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Great synopsis of the "emergent village" stream of the emerging church movement (as of March 2008 at least). The best quote from the book, which I believe sums up the movement and the criticisms of the movement better than anyone's said thus far: "'Just because our church is open to various viewpoints doesn't mean that anything goes. We really believe things. We just also believe that we might be wrong.' This is a tricky middle path between the certainties of evangelicalsim an...more
i am currently reading this. i went to a couple of seminars with tony jones at c-stone festival this summer, and was intrigued by what he was sharing, as it is similar thoughts that me and my husband have had the past few years.... so i better get back to the book... so far i loved the conversation between the brain and the biblicist... was laughing out loud...
Very thought provoking read. It challenges my thinking about the Christian Church today and makes me want to read more about it. Definitely makes me want to discuss many of the subjects brought up in the book.
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An excellent, informative history of the relatively new Emergent movement from one who has been there since the beginning.
This is an amazing book! It has changed my thoughts...making me rethink. It helped my sanity. Looks like i'm not that crazy after all.
Clear, very interesting. I hadn't really heard about the emergent movement before reading this, so I learned a lot.
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but I argued with him the entire way!
good overview of the emergent church.
A thoughtful and engaging picture of the emergent church.
While I loved "How (not) to Speak of God" for its philosophical/theological look at the emerging movement in Christianity, this book is perhaps more effective because of the inclusion of personal witness and testimony about the underpinnings of the emerging movement.
While I loved "How (not) to Speak of God" for its philosophical/theological look at the emerging movement in Christianity, this book is perhaps more effective because of the inclusion of personal witness and testimony about the underpinnings of the emerging movement.
Thought it was a good overall look at the Emergent Church movement, from its genesis through recent happenings. Tony does a nice job of giving us some examples of Emergent churches, with enough detail to get our minds wrapped around how they do church.
Tony's excellent book is a great primer for the Emergent Christian movement. I had never heard of Emergent before this book and it has inspired my imagination and shown me a new way to think about Christianity. Highly recommended!
A really great picture and explanation of what Emergent Village and the Emergent Church is becoming. I read it once, and now I'm reading it again.
A great introduction into the context, history, and "guideposts" of the Emergent Church, which is one part of the emerging church movement.
A profund call for the church to take theology seriously and to create structures that reflect the theology it claims.
Great book. One of the best from the Emergent movement.
stories from the road...trucker frank rocks!
A great introduction to all things relating to the Emergent movement. Tony Jones, coordinator of Emergent Village, does a good job of trying to lay out what Emergent churches are all about. This proves slippery, as he himself discloses that Emergents do not hold to any creed or doctrine per say, but are more committed to dialoging in community with one another. This is both frustrating and intriguing.
Some criticisms: Jones says it is impossible to catch just a little of the Emergent vision...more
Some criticisms: Jones says it is impossible to catch just a little of the Emergent vision...more
Interesting, interesting stuff. Insightful and challenging. His observations on attitudes of the modern unchurched are right on. His critiques of organized churches and traditional liturgy are difficult to accept but still more right than wrong. My concern is that we would have to stop being ourselves in order to be "emergent".
very worthwhile read--clearly not a book of doctrine with which to agree or disagree, but something to interact w/
includes refreshing perspective on reconciliation among Christians and Christian groups
includes refreshing perspective on reconciliation among Christians and Christian groups
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