Incarnational Ministry: The Presence of Christ in Church, Society, and Family: Essays in Honor of Ray S. Anderson

by Kettler, Christian D.; Speidell, Todd H.; Hubbard, David Allan

• ISBN13: 9781608991396
• ISBN10: 1608991393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-17
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

How does the reality of the incarnation inform and shape the nature of Christian ministry? What is the church's impact in the world when its members embody the powerfully redemptive presence of Christ-in personal as well as corporate witness? These key questions are addresses in 'Incarnational Ministry: The Presence of Christ in the Church, Society, and Family'-a volume honoring the significant contributions and personal witness of Ray S. Anderson to a theology of incarnational ministry. The essays explore three central themes: (1) the church's nature and life as the ministry of the incarnate Savior; (2) the church in mission and service, witnessing to Christ's solidarity with the world; (3) the church in ministry to families and as family to all of humanity. The diverse voices in this volume harmonize in a shared passion for The church to engage in the "hard theological thinking and costly personal practice that should flow from its doctrine of the incarnation." Contributors: David Allen Hubbard, Thomas F. Torrance, Donald W. McCullough, Alasdair I. C. Heron, Christian D. Kettler, Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Colin E. Gunton, Alan E. Lewis, James B. Torrance, Todd H. Speidell, Willie J. Jennings, Adrio Koenig, John W. de Gruchy, William E. Pannell, Walter C. Wright, Jr, Dennis B. Guernsey, David E. Garland, Diana R. Garland, Lewis B. Smedes, Jack O. Balswick, Dawn Ward, Frances F. Hiebert, Paul G. Hiebert, Judith K. Balswick, Cameron Lee

Author Biography

Ray S. Anderson (Ph.D., New College, Edinburgh) is Professor of Theology and Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and Pastor of Harbour Fellowship in Huntington Beach. He is Widely respected for his penetrating and vigorous scholarship in theology, ministry, and the human sciences. Through successive careers as a farmer, pastor, and theological educator, he has developed a lifelong emphasis on the inseparable relationship of theological reflection to the practice of ministry. Among his many publications are Historical Transcendence and the Reality of God; Theological Foundations for Ministry: Selected Readings for a Theology of the Church in Ministry; On Being Human: Essays in Theological Anthropology; Theology, Death and Dying; On Being Family: A Social Theology of the Family; and Christians Who Counsel: A Theological Approach to Wholistic Therapy.