Practicing Witness

Craig Dykstra -- Senior Vice President, Religion Lilly Endowment Inc. "Practicing Witness is a significant new contribution to contemporary practical theology and Christian ministry. The conversation between the 'missional theology' and the 'Christian practices' approaches to Christian faith, life, church, and mission that Ben Conner both advocates and launches in this book is very promising and long overdue. I am honored and grateful to have my own theological work taken so seriously here. I learned a lot from Conner's full, rich, and accurate rendering of it and from his promptings to make its implicit missional and ecclesial dimensions more explicit. This is an important and excellent book." George R. Hunsberger -- Western Theological Seminary "Combine equal parts of ecclesial practices and missional theology. Add Conner and stir. Bake for a few hours. Voila! Bread of renewal for the churches!" Religious Studies Review "A thoughtful book. . . . This is a vital missional spirituality to read." Reviews in Religion and Theology "Conner's work is a helpful example of how missional theology and practical theology can work together in addressing issues of discipleship in today's culture." Religious Studies Review "Hovey has provided an engaging work that fluently brings philosophy, theology, and ethics into conversation with one another, and which thoughtfully conceptualizes Christian testimony in the wake of modernity." Reviews in Religion and Theology "A fine book and a welcome contribution to scholarship." Modern Believing "A valuable work. Hovey writes with vigour and clarity."