Christian Community Now Ecclesiological Investigations

by Mannion, Gerard; Collins, Paul M.; Powell, Gareth; Wilson, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780567032423
• ISBN10: 0567032426
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-12
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

This co-authored volume has involved a continuing conversation between four theologians over a period of more than two years. The authors have sought to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical theology, and ecclesiology. Key features are accessab

Table of Contents

Welcome to Ecclesiological Investigations: A New International Research Network	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xiv
Foreword	p. 00
Preface	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Attending to the Creator
Giving Attention to God	p. 9
The World as Creation: The God-given Context of God's Glory	p. 21
Encountering Christ
The Enlightenment and Certainty: The Humility of the Church	p. 45
Hermeneutical Investigations: Discerning Contemporary Christian Community	p. 63
Joy in the Presence of the Crucified	p. 91
Living in the Spirit
Act and Being in the Church: Comparative Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethics	p. 109
Ecclesiology: Context and Community	p. 135
Ecclesiology: Worship and Community	p. 157
Governance and Authority: The Basis of Faithfulness	p. 179
Afterword: The Gift of Mission	p. 188
Index	p. 199
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