Phyllis Tickle: Evangelist of the Future: Reflections on the Impact She's Had on Publishing, Religion, and the Church in America

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; 8; Phyllis Tickle has had a significant impact on the religious landscape in America over her 50-year career. As a college dean, a publishing gadfly, and an advocate of the church's emergence, she has garnered a loyal following in the tens of thousands. Among those she's influenced are influential church leaders themselves, including Diana Butler-Bass, Brian McLaren, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Peter Rollins, Doug Pagitt, Jon M. Sweeney, Jana Reiss, Lauren F. Winner, and others. In this volume, they reflect of Phyllis's influence, and on the challenge that Phyllis's work poses the future church.. Table of Contents: Introduction / Tony Jones -- Part I. Phyllis's Gifts to Publishing and the Church -- 1. Before Amazon: The Two Women Who Changed Religious Publishing / Jon M. Sweeney -- 2. She Just Sticks her Arms Out, No Matter Who's Coming: Phyllis Tickle and the Practice of Holy Envy / Jana Riess -- 3. What Lies Beneath: Phyllis Tickle's Voice in Poetic Chancel Drama / Sister Danielle Dwyer -- Part II. Phyllis's Challenges to Mainline, Evangelical, and Emergence Christians -- 4. Life in the Bridge: Stirring Mutual Transformation in the Anglican Institution and the Emergent Frontier / Stephanie Spellers -- 5. Evangelicals on a Journey to Emergence: What to Take, What to Leave Behind / Ryan K. Bolger -- 6. Emergence as Conversation, Network, and Movement / Brian D. McLaren -- Part III. Phyllis's Legacy as Midwife, Friend, and Pray-Er -- 7. Mothering an Author Through the Birth of a Book: Phyllis Tickle as Doula / Sybil MacBeth -- 8. Bob Barker, Phyllis Tickle, and Friendship in the Future / Doug Pagitt -- 9. Prayer is a Place: Reflections on Praying with Phyllis Tickle / Lauren F. Winner -- Afterword: Diana Butler Bass -- Annotated Bibliography of the Works of Phyllis Tickle / Kelly Pigott -- About the Contributors. Contributor Bio:  Jones, Tony Tony Jones is the National Coordinator of Emergent Village (www.emergentvillage.org), a network of innovative, missional Christians. He's also a doctoral fellow and senior research fellow in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. Tony has written several books on philosophy, theology, ministry, and prayer, including Postmodern Youth Ministry and The Sacred Way. He's a sought-after speaker on the topics of theology and the emerging church. Tony lives in Minnesota with his wife, Julie, and their three young children.