TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keifert,Patrick R.
TI  - Testing the spirits: how theology informs the study of congregations 
SN  - 9780802807403 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BV700 .T47 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Religious gatherings
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Discernment (Christian theology)
KW  - Theology, Practical
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Framing the agenda for testing the spirits / Patrick Keifert -- The return of the congregation to theological education / Patrick Keifert -- The Bible and theological education: a report and reflections on a journey / Patrick Keifert -- Congregations, democracy, and the action of God in Philippians 1-2 / David Fredrickson -- God, civil society, and congregations as public moral companions / Gary Simpson -- Word-dwelling, deep listening, and faith-based moral conversation in congregations: a nested vision for learning new habits / Pat Taylor Ellison -- Discerning the will of God: congregational use of Scripture through the lens of the cross / Ronald W. Duty -- Scripture, Christian imagination, and the testimony of experience in moral conversation / Ronald W. Duty -- Doing faith-based conversation: metaphors for congregations and their leaders / Pat Taylor Ellison -- The dialectic of idolatry and profanation: on discerning the Spirit in congregational studies / Lois Malcolm -- The use of Scripture in congregational research / Donald H. Juel
ER  -