{"product_id":"sensing-the-spirit-by-professor-judith-a-merkle-9780567706997","title":"Sensing the Spirit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, \u003cem\u003eSensing the Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e examines how secular culture affects both the living of Christian discipleship today and impacts how religious congregations engage in their own renewal and future. It argues that religious communities can do more than improve and fix the out-of-date conditions they encountered in the renewal after Vatican II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCalling on environmental, sociological and theological insights, this book asks how the ongoing “coming of the Kingdom” in the Spirit brings new gifts for these times, and how congregations might respond beyond restorative or post-Christian solutions to new challenges confronting them. \u003cem\u003eSensing the Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e offers a renewed meaning of religious life in secular life and explores the gift it offers and receives from every culture in which it is embedded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598158119148,"sku":"9780567706997","price":91.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780567706997-sensing-the-spirit.jpg?v=1777963088","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sensing-the-spirit-by-professor-judith-a-merkle-9780567706997","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}