Part 1 : An interim report : telling the story so far. Back to now : how semi-millennial tsunamis of change shape religion and culture
Calling it what it is : the difficulty of naming
Defining emergence : simplifying the complexity
Turns of the century : what formed the great emergence?
Part 2 : A long time coming : how did we get here? House churches : communities of change
Scattered communities : spreading the word by spreading out
Taking the church out of the church : rethinking sacred space
Pentecostal power : the holy spirit in a dangerous decade
Spiritual but not religious : belonging, behaving, and believing in a new kind of community
What the hyphen means : claiming the new while honoring the old
Innocence lost : movement untethered
Religion rebounds : gathering steam and getting a name
Part 3 : Pulling together : defining what it is and what it is not. Reporting on the action : documenting the changes as they happened
Distinguishing this from that : what organizational patterns can tell us
Post, quasi, whatever : getting beyond the vague
The whole and its parts : bringing it all together
Finding the big story : the role of philosophy and meta-narrative
The head and the heart : worshiping with heart, mind, soul, and strength
Part 4 : And now what? : thoughts on the decisions and dilemmas to come. Reconfigure, adapt, realign : how do the new and old fit together?
Where now is our authority? : questioning and establishing a credible voice
Future pressure : what potential struggles await?
Emergence Christianity : the photographic report.
