{"product_id":"studying-congregations-9780687006519","title":"Studying Congregations","description":"This handbook for seminarians and clergy professionals places the congregation itself, rather than individual scholarly disciplines, at the center of congregational analysis. Using a comprehensive systems approach to congregations, this volume enables readers to analyze the ministries, stories, and processes that are at work in congregations. It provides techniques for studying the congregation as well as a framework for understanding the nature of the congregation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarroll, Jackson W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jackson W. Carroll is the Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Professor of Religion and Society, and Director of the J. M. Ormond Center for Research, Planning, and Development in the Divinity School of Duke University. He is author of several books, including As One With Authority: Reflective Leadership in Ministry.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKinney, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William McKinney is President and Professor of American Religion at Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California. He is co-author of American Mainline Religion and the Responsibility People. (1998)\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmmerman, Nancy T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nancy T. Ammerman is Professor of Sociology of Religion, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut. She is the author of Congregation and Community. (1998)","brand":"Abingdon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641983996178,"sku":"9780687006519","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d479c3dd-dfa8-4f1d-a412-12b3199d2174.jpg?v=1733049500","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/studying-congregations-9780687006519","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}