Testing the spirits :  how theology informs the study of congregations / 
edited by Patrick Keifert. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  W.B. Eerdmans Pub.,  2009. 
 - x, 205 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802807403 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802807402 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008042834 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA918277  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014909964  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religious gatherings--Christianity.<br/>Discernment (Christian theology)<br/>Theology, Practical.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV700  / .T47 2009