Table of Contents
Introduction: Reorganized Religion vii
Part 1 Where We Stand
Chapter 1 A Changing World 3
Chapter 2 Making the World Less Awful 33
Part 2 Why People Are Leaving
Chapter 3 They Don't Love Us Anymore 65
Chapter 4 Preserve the Base 79
Chapter 5 The Hamlet Problem 90
Chapter 6 The Land of Mini and Mega Churches 102
Chapter 7 A Political Problem 119
Part 3 Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter 8 Organized Disbelief 143
Chapter 9 Choosing the Future 162
Chapter 10 The Church We Hoped For 194
Conclusion: Prepare to Live 211
Acknowledgments 224
Notes 227