{"product_id":"the-church-after-innovation-questioning-our-obsession-with-work-creativity-and-entrepreneurship-paperback","title":"The Church After Innovation: Questioning Our Obsession with Work, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Root\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutreach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2023 Resource of the Year (Church)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNamed One of Fifteen Important Theology Books of 2022, \u003ci\u003eEnglewood Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChurches and their leaders have innovation fever. Innovation seems exciting--a way to enliven tired institutions, embrace creativity, and be proactive--and is a superstar of the business world. But this focus on innovation may be caused by an obsession with contemporary relevance, creativity, and entrepreneurship that inflates the self, lacks theological depth, and promises burnout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this follow-up to \u003ci\u003eChurches and the Crisis of Decline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eleading practical theologian Andrew Root delves into the problems of innovation. He explores where innovation and entrepreneurship came from, shows how they break into church circles, and counters the \"new imaginations\" like neoliberalism and technology that hold the church captive to modernity. Root reveals the moral visions of the self that innovation and entrepreneurship deliver--they are dependent on workers (and consumers) being obsessed with their selves, which leads to significant faith-formation issues. This focus on innovation also causes us to think we need to be singularly unique instead of made alive in Christ. Root offers a return to mysticism and the poetry of Meister Eckhart as a healthier spiritual alternative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the fifth book in Root's Ministry in a Secular Age series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This perceptive and engaging book is a godsend for leaders and pastors\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe call for pastors and congregations to be innovative can have a dark side: an obsession with contemporary relevance and entrepreneurship that lacks theological depth and promises burnout and exhaustion. \u003ci\u003eThe Church after Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on the problem and offers a treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book will help you to consider the possible costs of chasing innovation and entrepreneurship--for you and your church. It provides significant insights and questions regarding some of the most pressing challenges of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAngela Williams Gorrell\u003c\/b\u003e, Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's something satisfying about a story that is this big, bold, and revealing about how our cultural presumptions came to be--especially when so beautifully told. When Christians fall in love with ideas of leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship, we can be sure they have ignored for too long the secular economic context in which they live and breathe. A timely wake-up call.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBrian Brock\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Aberdeen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This perceptive and engaging book is a godsend for leaders and pastors. In a market saturated with quick-fix, innovate-or-die polemics on church growth, this book offers a richer path to help realize a transcendent creativity of epiphany (over innovation) that values people, nurtures personhood, and promotes flourishing for the church in a secular age.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eNick Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e, FRSA, Archbishops' Council of the Church of England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With penetrating analysis and prophetic force, Root exposes how the false idols of capitalism are being smuggled into the church through the Trojan horses of innovation and entrepreneurialism. A bold, necessary, and urgent book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRichard Beck\u003c\/b\u003e, Abilene Christian University; author of \u003ci\u003eHunting Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seminaries need to assign this book. Ministers need to read this book. I'm grateful to Root for so powerfully articulating the biggest problem facing the church--namely, our supposed need to innovate.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTripp Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e, founder and host of the \u003ci\u003eHomebrewed Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e podcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This important book is worthy of reading and rereading.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRodney Clapp\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eNaming Neoliberalism: Exposing the Spirit of Our Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Root\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eFaith Formation in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pastor in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Congregation in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChurches and the Crisis of Decline\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Youth Ministry?\u003c\/i\u003e Root is also the coauthor (with Kenda Creasy Dean) of \u003ci\u003eThe Theological Turn in Youth Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47409499963570,"sku":"9781540964823","price":30.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0b4dcab9f5688833e74877c1393e783e.webp?v=1778267110","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-church-after-innovation-questioning-our-obsession-with-work-creativity-and-entrepreneurship-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}