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North American churches’ struggle with contemporary culture seems to coincide with evidence offered in Charles Taylor’s evaluation of the Secular Age and expressed through the theological analysis of Andy Root and James K. A. Smith. Charles Taylor and Hartmut Rosa’s concept of the acceleration of time provides understanding of why ministry leaders and pastors’ lives are stress-filled, with little margin to even nurture their own soul and life with God. Ministry in North American churches appears hurried and formulaic with imagination for Christian formation sorely lacking. As congregations hope to re-imagine ministry in the secular age, how might they locate, and articulate, Christian practices that resonate within a world where mystery and enchantment appears absent in what Charles Taylor describes as “the immanent frame?” Presence-centered spirituality proposes an embodied, robust, spirituality to live and make meaning within our current Secular Age. The approach informs and shapes Christian formation and ministry, cultivates communities of practice, and guides a way of living the good life that Jesus Christ offers. Presence-centered spirituality seeks to move beyond the cognitive realm to experience and encounter God. Interaction with Charles Taylor’s philosophical theory of modernity, Hartmut Rosa’s sociological theory of Resonance, T. H. Lurhman’s anthropological research on religion and practice, Andy Root’s Christopraxis theological framework, along with a host of other scholars deepens a presencecentered approach to life, spirituality, and ministry to move forward toward freedom from modernity’s dominance on Christianity in the Western World. Intentional presence-centered rhythms of life enable ministry leaders to be spiritually formed for the sake of others as they nurture communities of Christian practice as artists, curators, and storytellers. A rhythm of life focused on prayer, solitude, contemplation, scripture engagement, community, ministry, theological reflection, justice, stability, proximity, Kairos time, mindfulness, and other embodied spiritual practices are essential to living presence-centered and faithful in the way of Jesus Christ with resonance in the Secular Age.
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KeywordsSpirituality, Church in North America, Ministry, Theology, Secular
Degree AwardedD.Min.
Awarding InstitutionNazarene Theological Seminary
Supervisor or ChairDean Blevins
Peer Reviewed?No
Pages220
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