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How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works : Understanding Congregations As Emotional Systems by Peter L. Steinke (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101538149133
ISBN-139781538149133
eBay Product ID (ePID)28050385595
Product Key Features
Number of Pages156 Pages
Publication NameHow Your 21st-Century Church Family Works : Understanding Congregations As Emotional Systems
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
SubjectChristian Church / Administration, Christian Theology / General, Social Psychology, Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter L. Steinke
Subject AreaReligion, Psychology
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight6.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2021-038829
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"There is no better guide through the invisible processes and systems that shape our lives together in church than Peter L. Steinke. Our leading authority on the systems of relationship that structure church life offers in his last book a deeply human vision of community in which faith and hope can exist alongside the anxiety of these times. This book is a gift." --Rev. Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, author of Religion Around Virginia Woolf "Here's a book that sheds light on the puzzle presented by troubled congregations. Steinke's insights from the theory of family systems lead clergy and laity to deeper understanding and discernment rather than to easy answers and quick fixes" --James B. Brown, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana "Steinke is a clear-eyed, skilled consultant whose insights have stood the test of time. Other than Edwin Friedman, Steinke, a Lutheran pastor who studied with Friedman, is perhaps the most well-known of all practitioners of family systems theory." --The Presbyterian Outlook, Steinke is a clear-eyed, skilled consultant whose insights have stood the test of time. Other than Edwin Friedman, Steinke, a Lutheran pastor who studied with Friedman, is perhaps the most well-known of all practitioners of family systems theory., Here's a book that sheds light on the puzzle presented by troubled congregations. Steinke's insights from the theory of family systems lead clergy and laity to deeper understanding and discernment rather than to easy answers and quick fixes, There is no better guide through the invisible processes and systems that shape our lives together in church than Peter L. Steinke. Our leading authority on the systems of relationship that structure church life offers in his last book a deeply human vision of community in which faith and hope can exist alongside the anxiety of these times. This book is a gift.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal253
Synopsis"Peter L. Steinke's daughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns. The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations-the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke"--, The first edition of How Your Church Family Works was written nearly thirty years ago, and the reach and velocity of change in the last three decades poses a new challenge for churches. Thirty years ago, churches functioned in a fairly stable environment and focused on growth an expansion. The tide has turned now, though, and supplanted increase with decline. Bowen family systems theory--on which How Your Church Family Works is based--has not changed, but its application has to be revised for the twenty-first century. How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works, the second edition of Peter Steinke's landmark book, addresses the radically altered landscape of church sustainability with new introductory and concluding chapters bookending updates throughout the now-classic text. Core chapters of the book feature fresh examples of emotional process that are more exemplary of the current scene. One key addition is a new trigger of anxiety for churches--the change process. Change threatens the familiar and stable and suffers from negative connotations of endangering tradition. Where gradual change has been the norm for so long, churches now see a blistering pace of disruptions, some of which have forced change too early or too late, or sometimes in unproductive directions. How Your 21st-Century Church family works embraces the anxiety caused by change, transforming it from a source of anguish to a font of opportunity., Peter L. Steinke'sdaughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns . The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations--the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke., The first edition of How Your Church Family Works was written nearly thirty years ago, and the reach and velocity of change in the last three decades poses a new challenge for churches. Thirty years ago, churches functioned in a fairly stable environment and focused on growth an expansion. The tide has turned now, though, and supplanted increase with decline. Bowen family systems theory--on which How Your Church Family Works is based--has not changed, but its application has to be revised for the twenty-first century. How Your 21 st -Century Church Family Works , the second edition of Peter Steinke's landmark book, addresses the radically altered landscape of church sustainability with new introductory and concluding chapters bookending updates throughout the now-classic text. Core chapters of the book feature fresh examples of emotional process that are more exemplary of the current scene. One key addition is a new trigger of anxiety for churches--the change process. Change threatens the familiar and stable and suffers from negative connotations of endangering tradition. Where gradual change has been the norm for so long, churches now see a blistering pace of disruptions, some of which have forced change too early or too late, or sometimes in unproductive directions. How Your 21 st -Century Church family works embraces the anxiety caused by change, transforming it from a source of anguish to a font of opportunity.
LC Classification NumberBV640.S785 2021
