The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church

by Mannion; Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780415567688
• ISBN10: 0415567688
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-03-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The nature and story of the Christian church is immensely important to theology students and scholars alike. Written by an international team of distinguished scholars, this comprehensive book introduces students to the fundamental historical, systematic, moral and ecclesiological aspects of the study of the church, as well as serving as a resource for scholars engaging in ecclesiological debates on a wide variety of issues. It divides into six parts: the church in its historical context the different denominational traditions global perspectives methods and debates in ecclesiology key concepts and themes ecclesiology and other disciplines: social sciences, philosophy, literature and film. Authoritative, accessible and easily navigable, this book is indispensable for everyone interested in the nature and history of the Christian Church.

Author Biography

Gerard Mannion serves as Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations Research Network, is a Senior Research Fellow of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and also of the Centro per le Scienze Religiose, Trento, Italy. His numerous books include Schopenhauer, Religion and Morality (2003), Ecclesiology and Postmodernity: Questions for the Church in Our Time (2007) and Church and Religious Other (ed., 2008). The late Lewis S. Mudge was Robert Leighton Stuart Professor of Theology, Emeritus, at San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, USA, He authored several publications; including One Church: Catholic and Reformed (1963), The Crumbling Walls (1970), The Sense of a People (1992), The Church as Moral Community (1998), Rethinking the Beloved Community (2001), and The Gift of Responsibility (2008).

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xx
Introduction: Ecclesiology - the nature, story and study of the Church	p. 1
Historical ecclesiology	p. 7
In search of the early 'Church': the New Testament and the development of Christian communities	p. 9
The Church in the early Christian centuries: ecclesiological consolidation	p. 28
The Church in medieval theology	p. 48
Ecclesiology and the religious controversy of the sixteenth century	p. 63
The Church in the Tridentine and Early Modern eras	p. 85
The Church in modern theology	p. 106
Postmodern ecclesiologies	p. 127
Ecclesiological 'traditions'	p. 153
Ecclesiology in the Orthodox tradition	p. 155
Lutheran ecclesiology	p. 170
Reformed ecclesiology	p. 187
Anglican ecclesiology	p. 202
Non-conformist ecclesiologies	p. 217
Roman Catholic ecclesiology	p. 234
Ecclesiologies at the margin	p. 251
Global perspectives	p. 273
The Church in Asian perspective	p. 275
Earth, water, fire and wind: elements of African ecclesiologies	p. 291
The Church in a Latin American perspective	p. 306
The Church in a North-American perspective	p. 326
The Church in an Oceanic perspective	p. 342
The Church from a European perspective	p. 364
Methods and debates	p. 385
Comparative ecclesiology	p. 387
Ecclesiology and ecumenism	p. 402
Liberation ecclesiology	p. 421
Black ecclesiologies	p. 443
Feminist ecclesiology	p. 461
Ecclesiology and religious pluralism	p. 476
Concepts and themes	p. 495
Authority	p. 497
The laity	p. 511
Magisterium	p. 524
Governance	p. 536
Ministry	p. 550
The Sensus Fidelium	p. 560
Hermeneutics and ecclesiology	p. 576
Doctrine and ecclesiology	p. 594
Ecclesiology and ethics in the Western Church	p. 607
Ecclesiology and world mission/missio Dei	p. 560
The Church in a trans-disciplinary context	p. 637
Ecclesiology and the social sciences	p. 639
Ecclesiology and philosophy	p. 655
Index	p. 674
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