Why Can't Church Be More Like an AA Meeting? <subTitle>And Other Questions Christians Ask about Recovery</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Haynes, Stephen R.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company</publisher> <dateIssued>2021</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>230tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In a quest to find in church the mutual support and healing he discovered in 12 Step fellowships, the author explores the history of Alcoholics Anonymous and its relationship to American Christianity. He shows that while AA eventually separated from the Christian parachurch movement from which it emerged, it retained aspects that the church has largely lost. He encourages Christians to reclaim elements of the 12 Step movement in ""recovering church"", and admit all is not fine.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen R. Haynes</note> <subject> <topic>Recovery movement -- Religious aspects</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Church work</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">248.8629</classification> <classification authority="ddc">H424-S83</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802878854</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14731/71rpvlcl81l-sl1500.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14731/71rpvlcl81l-sl1500.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071410.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>