A bracing vision for the future of church renewal. The Logic of Renewal offers a wise, accurate, and careful analysis of the many proposals for church renewal that have surfaced over the last fifty years. William Abraham, one of America's finest religious thinkers, here helps church leaders and members get their bearings in this windy debate, and he points a positive course into the future. Abraham's approach is straightforward and accessible. In successive chapters he reviews the range of movements and figures behind recent proposals for church renewal, giving special attention to the theological assumptions of each proposal and highlighting its overall strengths and weaknesses. The proposal discussed are drawn from every corner of the church and theological orientation--from Neo-Pentecostalism to Eastern Orthodoxy. Even the rejection of church renewal is articulated and evaluated. In a final chapter Abraham outlines his own vision of church renewal in the new millennium. Lively, smart, and engaging, The Logic of Renewal will redefine the way congregations think about church life.