01985cam a2200265 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670150019000840160018001030200038001210200035001590350021001940400057002150500021002722450105002932600054003983000032004525040041004845051060005256500040015856500037016256500025016627000032016871550458220250312110456.0161013s2009    miua     b    000 0 eng    a  2008042834  aGBA9182772bnb7 a0149099642Uk  a9780802807403 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a0802807402 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)262878958  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdYDXCPdC#PdSLTdUKMdBWXdCDXdDLC00aBV700b.T47 200900aTesting the spirits :bhow theology informs the study of congregations /cedited by Patrick Keifert.  aGrand Rapids, Mich. :bW.B. Eerdmans Pub.,c2009.  ax, 205 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aFraming 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. 0aReligious gatheringsxChristianity. 0aDiscernment (Christian theology) 0aTheology, Practical.1 aKeifert, Patrick R.,d1950-