I Come Away Stronger: How Small Groups Are Shaping American Religion / Edition 1

by Robert Wuthnow

Overview

These portraits are powerful and highly personal because they tell the stories. both collective and personal, of each group, revealing agreement and dissension, closeness and alienation, growth and stagnation. The result is an intimate inside look at the dynamics of small groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802807373
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/26/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	409
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Social Sciences and director of the Center for the Study of American Religion, Princeton University. His numerous books include The Restructuring of American Religion, Rediscovering the Sacred, and Christianity in the 21st Century.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Small Groups and Spirituality: Exploring the Connections	1
	Answered Prayers: The Rockhaven House Fellowship	7
	Gracious Words: A Presbyterian Bible Study	37
	The Long Loneliness: Liberal Catholics and the Conservative Church	55
	Accountability and Fellowship in an Assemblies of God Cell Group	77
	The Women's Bible Study: A Thriving Evangelical Support Group	97
	Making Disciples in a Liberal Protestant Church	125
	Sacred Space on Tuesday: A Study of the Institutionalization of Charisma	148
	Working the ACOA Program: A Spiritual Journey	179
	Cathedral Nights: A Group in Creation	205
	Praying for the Saints: Single Mennonite Charismatics and the Conundrum of Community	225
	Small Groups in a Campus Ministry: Shaping the Future	251
	Jesus and Self in Everyday Life: Individual Spirituality through a Small Group in a Large Church	275
	Finding a Place: The Vision of Havurah	300
	"I Come Away Stronger": The Religious Impact of a Loosely Structured Jewish Feminist Group	322
	The Small-Group Movement in the Context of American Religion	344
Appendix	Small Groups--A National Profile	367
	References	389
	Contributors	399

Editorial Reviews

John M. Mulder
—Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
"This fascinating collection of diverse case studies and narratives reveals the flesh and blood, the pain and joy, of small groups and their adherents."

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