Phyllis Tickle

Independent, single-purpose organizations have picked up pieces of what the church used to do.

In The Deconstructed Church, Gerardo Marti and Gladys Ganiel give us a comprehensive and revealing ethnographic study of the worldwide phenomenon known as the emerging Christian movement.

Academics may find no theological breakthrough in Brian McLaren's latest book, but the ones who care about church life may still do a double take.