Reclaiming the Church: Where the Mainline Church Went Wrong & What to Do about It

Name: Reclaiming the Church: Where the Mainline Church Went Wrong & What to Do about It
ISBN: 9780664257200

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Available as: Paperback
ISBN: 0664257208, 9780664257200
Published: 1997
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

What has happened to the once robust mainline church in the United States? Decrying the professionalization of theological education, Cobb calls for the church to return to its theological vocation so that its members can in turn resume their passionate commitment to faith.

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Categories: Academic, Theology

About the Author

John R. Cobb

John B. Cobb Jr. has held many positions including Ingraham Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology, Avery Professor at the Claremont Graduate School, Fullbright Professor at the University of Mainz, and Visiting Professor at Vanderbilt, Harvard, and Chicago Divinity Schools. His writings include Christ in a Pluralistic Age: God and the World; and, with coauthor Herman Daly, For the Common Good, which was cowinner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.