The Church As Moral Community

by Mudge, Lewis S.

• ISBN13: 9782825412626
• ISBN10: 2825412627
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: World Council of Churches

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
A Calling to Be Different	p. 17
Ecclesiology and Ethics: The Fundamental Issues	p. 19
Moral Conflict in the Churches: A North American Perspective	p. 25
Diagnoses and Prescriptions	p. 33
A Primacy for Practice	p. 41
Seeing the World Through Ecumenical Lenses	p. 46
Institutional Ecumenism: A Weak Reed?	p. 46
The Missio Dei at the Turn of the Millennia	p. 50
The Rise of the Great World Systems	p. 53
A New Interpretation of the Christian Oikoumene?	p. 63
Continuing the Dialogue: New Settings and Possibilities	p. 66
Formation: Generating Moral Capacities	p. 70
Formation among and by the Powers of the World	p. 72
Formation of and by the Congregation	p. 76
The Moral Architecture of Congregational Life	p. 84
The Spiritual Appropriation of Critical Disciplines	p. 88
Against Romantic Expectations	p. 93
Formation: Discerning Moral Possibilities	p. 95
Ourselves and Others: Communication across Shifting Boundaries	p. 96
Offering Moral Hospitality	p. 107
An Oikoumene of Moral Practices?	p. 119
Escaping from Divisive Fixations	p. 119
Resources for Moral Sharing	p. 121
A Need for New Language	p. 123
Communion among Diverse Practicing Communities: Resonance and Recognition	p. 127
The WCC as Space-Maker for a Global Household of Life: Ten Affirmations	p. 132
Horizons of Meaning and the Household of Life	p. 140
History and Eschatology: Pluralisms and Horizons	p. 141
"Household of Life" as Eschatological Paradigm	p. 145
Imago Dei and City of God: An Eschatological Vision	p. 158
Notes	p. 165
Index	p. 190
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