About Phyllis Tickle

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Phyllis Tickle, founding editor of the religion epartment at Publishers Weekly, is one of the most highly respected authorities and popular speakers on religion in America today. She is the author of more than two dozen books on the subject, including the recently published The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord and The Divine Hours, a series of manuals for observing fixed-hour prayer. A lector and lay Eucharistic minister in the Episcopal Church, Tickle is a senior fellow of the Cathedral College of Washington National Cathedral.

For more information, go to www.phyllistickle.com or www.thegreatemergence.com.

Endorsements for The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why.

“Without exaggeration, I say this book is a masterwork, and it will be cited for decades to come as the most pointed articulation of the church and Christianity that is emerging from the compost of Christendom.” Tony Jones, national coordinator, Emergent Village; author, The New Christians

“The Great Emergence unpacks the chaos of contemporary cultural upheaval and the religious consequences of the changes we now face. Tickle acts as a compassionate guide through the Christian past and toward its future, all the while opening the spiritual imagination to unexpected hopeful possibilities. After reading these pages, neither the church nor the world looks the same.” Diana Butler Bass, author, Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith

"Phyllis Tickle offers a creative and provocative overview of multiple social and cultural changes in our era, their relation to previous major paradigm shifts, and their particular impact on North American Christianity. This is an immensely important contribution to the current conversation about new and emerging forms of Christianity in a post-modern environment—and a delight to read!" The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church

“The Great Emergence offers a sweeping overview of church history and locates us in a moment of great opportunity and challenge. To some, this analysis will come as a rude awakening, and to others, as a dream coming true. My hunch is that this will be one of the most important books of the year, and will shape the conversation among a wide range of Christians for years to come.” Brian McLaren, author/activist.

“As someone who has lived and breathed on the inside of this emergence in the church, advocating and encouraging change at the center and the edge, to have someone like Phyllis so utterly convinced of the enormity of the change and the newness that is emerging is amazing. It’s a hopeful and challenging wake-up call both to the inherited and emerging church.” Jonny Baker, coauthor, Alternative Worship

“The Great Emergence pinpoints the global emerging church movement within the greater drama of Christianity in a new world. Finding her bearings from previous revolutions and locating our present upheaval within the rhythms of human history, Tickle shows us why The Great Emergence will not die away but will instead inaugurate and define the next epoch of Christianity. This book will raise eyebrows and expectations.” Andrew Jones, Mission Consultant

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