{"product_id":"two-elephants-in-the-room-john-bodycomb-9780867860092","title":"Two Elephants in the Room: Evolving Christianity and Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith familiar candour and colour, John Bodycomb excoriates church leadership for evading, and layering over with\u003cbr\u003e platitudes, two huge questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- What future for organised religion in Western societies? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand (in light of this)\u003cbr\u003e - What future for the so-called 'religious professional'?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty years a sociologist of religion, specialising in the ups and downs of organised religion, Bodycomb is plain-spoken and provocative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstitutional Christianity as we have known it began to decline 600 years ago, and with it a model of religious professional. We are entering a new era, in which people must still make sense of existence with some kind of meaning system - but the old ones are obsolete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe defenders of tradition, theologians, institutional power brokers and thought police will hate 'Two Elephants', he predicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bodycomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 086786009X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780867860092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spectrum Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.31d","brand":"John Bodycomb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443728593151,"sku":"9780867860092","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33a6418c-0813-4c0d-9253-a142148c2c08.jpg?v=1777207432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/two-elephants-in-the-room-john-bodycomb-9780867860092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}