The Deconstructed Church

Gerardo Marti is L. Richardson King Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College. He is author of A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church, Hollywood Faith: Holiness, Prosperity, and Ambition in a Los Angeles Church, and Worship across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial ChurchGladys Ganiel is Lecturer and the Programme Coordinator of the Master's in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast (the Irish School of Ecumenics). She is author of Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland and co-author (with Clare Mitchell) of Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Pluralist Congregations ; 3. Being an Emerging Christian ; 4. Faith as Conversation ; 5. Deconstructing Congregational Practices ; 6. Following Jesus in the Real World ; 7. Understanding Emerging Christianity ; Appendix: Research Methodology ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Using social scientific methods, such as participant observation, focus groups and in-depth interviews, as well as surveys and textual sources (including a lot of online material), The Deconstructed Church is one of the most comprehensive guides to the Emerging Church Movement (ECM) to date.