000			03095cam a2200421 i 4500
001			on1183399144
003			OCoLC
005			20240726104902.0
008			200714s2020 ilu ob 001 0 eng
010			_a2020030761
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dNT _dYDX _dOCLCF _dUKAHL _dEBLCP _dYDX
020			_a9780830853274 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
042			_apcc
050	0	4	_aBV652 _b.W573 2020
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSmith, Gordon T., _d1953- _e1
245	1	0	_aWisdom from Babylon : _bleadership for the church in a secular age / _cGordon T. Smith.
260			_aDowners Grove, Illinois : _bIVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, _c(c)2020.
300			_a1 online resource (189 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
520	0		_a"What does it mean to provide leadership for the church in an increasingly secular context? Analyzing the phenomenon of secularization in the West and charting common Christian responses, this indispensable resource from Gordon Smith discusses the competencies and capacities essential for cultivating distinctively Christian leadership today"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aCover -- _tTitle Page -- _tCopyright -- _tDedication Page -- _tContents -- _tIntroduction: The Times They Are A-Changin' -- _tPart 1: Reading and Understanding the Times -- _t1 Secularity: An Interdisciplinary Consideration -- _t2 Four Contemporary Responses to Secularity, Part 1 -- _t3 Wisdom from Babylon: Attending to the Exilic and Postexilic Prophets -- _t4 Perspective and Wisdom from the Early Church -- _t5 Learning from Historic Minority Churches -- _t6 Christian Voices from Secular Europe -- _t7 Four Contemporary Responses to Secularity, Part 2: The Options Reconsidered
505	0	0	_aPart 2: Forming the Alternative Community: Competencies and Dispositions -- _t8 Cultivating the Capacity for Liturgical Leadership -- _t9 Cultivating the Capacity for Catechetical Leadership -- _t10 Cultivating the Capacity for Missional Leadership -- _t11 Ecumenism in a Secular Age: A Theological Conviction, a Practical Necessity -- _t12 Cultivating Interiority: Spiritual Practice in a Secular Age -- _tConclusion: Hospitality, the Gospel, and Leadership in a Secular Age -- _tEssential Reading List for Leading the Church in a Secular Age -- _tName and Subject Index -- _tScripture Index
505	0	0	_aPraise for Wisdom from Babylon -- _tAbout the Author -- _tMore Titles from InterVarsity Press
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aChristian leadership.
650		0	_aSecularization.
650		0	_aChristianity and culture.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2384783&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hBV. _m2020 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
994			_a92 _bNT
999			_c81667 _d81667
902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell