The Precarious Organisation : : Sociological Explorations of the Church's Mission and Structure / / Mady A. Thung.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016] ©1976 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and Society ,
5 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Author’s Preface and Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One: Towards a New Church Model
- 1. Assumptions
- 2. The Missionary Church: What Kind of Organisation?
- Part Two: Coping with External Pressures
- 3. The Missionary Church and its Environment
- 4. Operationalizing the Church’s Mission in Society
- 5. External and Church Influences on Members
- Part Three: Internal Structure
- 6. Intermezzo: From ‘Process’ to ‘Structure’
- 7. Subdivisions and Unity in a Missionary Church
- 8. Authority, Influence, Leadership
- 9. Governmental Structure in a Missionary Church
- 10. Epilogue
- References
- Index
- Backmatter