A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored

For those wondering about my beef with professional ministry and mission…Pastors stuck in Max Weber’s “iron cage of rationality,” and why a century ago Rolland Allen argued that until everyone is seen as both minister and missionary, the

October 18, 2020 Conrad L. Kanagy Season 1 Episode 98
A Church Dismantled--A Kingdom Restored
For those wondering about my beef with professional ministry and mission…Pastors stuck in Max Weber’s “iron cage of rationality,” and why a century ago Rolland Allen argued that until everyone is seen as both minister and missionary, the
Show Notes

This longer episode is part of a presentation that I gave in September, 2019 and articulates my concerns about the "professionalization of the clergy" that I have referred to in passing in previous episodes. A listener reached out and asked for clarity--so here it is!

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 Walter Brueggemann has been writing for the American church for six decades and continues to produce four to five books a year.  His biography has finally been written by Conrad Kanagy of Elizabethtown College, PA. Amazon currently offers a 45% discount bringing the paperback to 13.80.

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