{"id":767,"date":"2009-08-25T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/08\/sikhs-are-nimble-too.html"},"modified":"2009-08-25T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T17:05:05","slug":"sikhs-are-nimble-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/08\/sikhs-are-nimble-too.html","title":{"rendered":"Sikhs are nimble too"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Times<\/i> “On Religion” blog this weekend was an article about a young Sikh group<\/a> that meets in Manhattan. It was described as “a Sikh version of what religion scholars call the emergent movement, a growing trend toward small, nimble, bottom-up, laity-led congregations that especially attract young adults.”<\/p>\n

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Sounds kinda like something else we know.<\/div>\n

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“The Emergent Movement.” I’ll guess we’ll take it, right? I’m not personally all that nimble, but I’m glad the ID Project is.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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