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The crisis in the churches : spiritual malaise, fiscal woe /
America's churches have fallen on hard times. But this crisis, argues Wuthnow, is more than economic; it is at bottom spiritual . Pointing to both the failure of the clergy to confront their financial problems head-on, and their neglect of the real spiritual needs of their predominantly middle-...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | America's churches have fallen on hard times. But this crisis, argues Wuthnow, is more than economic; it is at bottom spiritual . Pointing to both the failure of the clergy to confront their financial problems head-on, and their neglect of the real spiritual needs of their predominantly middle-class congregations, it offers suggestions for more effective ministry. This may be of value to economists, scholars of American church history and religion. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429415320 9781429415323 1280529202 9781280529207 |