Many have heard of the emerging church, but few people feel like they have a handle on what the emerging church believes and represents. Is it a passing fad led by disenfranchised neo-evangelicals? Or is it the future of the church at large? An Emergent Manifesto of Hope represents a coming together of divergent voices into a conversation that pastors, students, and thoughtful Christians can now learn from and engage. This unprecedented collection of writings includes articles by some of the most important voices in the emergent conversation, including Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, and Sally Morgenthaler. It also introduces some lesser known but integral players representing who's next within the emerging church. The articles cover a broad range of topics, such as spirituality, theology, multiculturalism, post-colonialism, sex, evangelism, and many others. Anyone who wants to know what the emerging church is all about needs to start here. \From the Inside Flap: From the introduction by Tony Jones: In a variety of voices, this group of friends is attempting to sing a song together. There are times, I'm sure, when the harmonies don't match, when someone seems to be singing out of tune. But that's really not the point for us. The point is that we're singing, and that we're singing together. This inaugural release of the mersion series brings together an unprecedented collection of voices from Emergent Village as they explore A People of Hope, Communities of Hope, A Hopeful Faith, A Hopeful Way Forward, and Hopeful Activism. Those voices include: Brian McLaren on postcolonialism Dan Kimball on theology Sally Morgenthaler on leadership Will Samson on mission Karen Sloan on sexuality Tim Keel on imagination Carla Barnhill on parenting Tim Conder on church.\Doug Pagitt (MA, Bethel Seminary) is pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and author of Preaching Re-Imagined, Church Re-Imagined, and BodyPrayer. Tony Jones (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary) is national coordinator of Emergent Village (www.emergentvillage.com). He is currently working on his PhD in practical theology at Princeton and has authored several books, including Postmodern Youth Ministry, The Sacred Way, and Divine Intervention.\Doug Pagitt, Tony Jones