The Hybrid Church in the City

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This book argues that theology and the church need to engage more seriously with post-modern reality and thought if points of connection are going to be created. Drawing on case studies from Europe and the USA, this book examines examples of Third Space methodologies to ask questions about hybrid identities and methods churches might adopt to effe Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction. Part 1 Third Space Thinking: The significance of the Third Space and hybridity for understanding the postmodern world; The hybrid city; Hybrid civil society and hybrid governance. Part 2 Public Theology in the Third Space: Mainstream Christian realism: the foundation for a Third Space social ethics; Radical Christian realism: the springboard for a Third Space social ethics; Towards a Third Space church; Towards a theology of the Third Space; Bibliography; Index.