Remembering Our Future : Explorations in Deep Church

by Walker, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781842275047
• ISBN10: 1842275046
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Authentic Media

Summary

Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant traditions drink from the well of a common tradition rooted in the early Church. Many Evangelicals are now reengaging with the practice of the early church as they seek to live as disciples today. Remembering the past is essential for facing the future. In Remembering Our Future leaders and theologians reflect on a range of issues for which a vibrant contemporary faith requires a careful listening to the past. What is the place of tradition in the Church's life? How should we interpret the Bible? How should we worship? What, in other words, might "Deep Church" look like?

Table of Contents

Introduction : why deep church?
Recovering deep church : theological and spiritual renewal	p. 1
Beyond the emerging church?	p. 30
Deep church as Paradosis : on relating scripture and tradition	p. 59
Reading scripture in congregations : towards an ordinary hermeneutics	p. 81
'Deep calls to deep' : reading scripture in a multi-faith society	p. 108
Holding together : Catholic evangelical worship in the spirit	p. 131
God's transforming presence : spirit empowered worship and its mediation	p. 150
Baptism and catechesis as spiritual formation	p. 170
Education, discipleship and community formation	p. 207
Mundane holiness : the theology and spirituality of everyday life	p. 227
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