Participation and Mediation: A Practical Theology for the Liquid Church

by Pete Ward

Overview

Pete Ward argues that to make sense of the contemporary nature of the Church we must understand the way that encounter with God is mediated by cultural expression. Through participation in expression the contemporary Church is both a lived-in 'culture' while it is also 'in-dwelt' by the Trinitarian God. He offers a theoretical approach to practical theology which will be of use to practitioners rather than merely to other practical theologians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780334041658
Publisher:	Hymns Ancient & Modern
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction 1

Part 1 Converging on Culture 31

1 Practical Theology 33

2 Missiology and Culture 51

3 Doing Cultural Studies 66

4 Production, Text and Audience: 'Shine, Jesus, shine' 81

Part 2 Participation and Mediation 93

5 Participation 95

6 Mediation 106

7 Communion and Mediation 121

Part 3 Liquid Church and a Consuming Faith 135

8 Things 137

9 The Christian Culture Industry 150

10 Flow 168

Bibliography 192

Index of Names and Subjects 201

Editorial Reviews

'This book is going to punch open a hole for a lot of good work to follow i think. pete is opening up all sorts of possibilities for dialogue around lived faith in culture and what is going on with lived faith in worship, mission, denominations, using cutural texts and so on. i really recommend it...' Jonny Baker Books 2008

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