Friendship : exploring its implications for the church in postmodernity /
Is the Church a community of friends? Steve Summers explores the significance of friendship for our understanding of the church today. Since Jesus' statement in St John's gospel "I call you friends" the concept of friendship has had a huge influence on the Christian understanding...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark,
©2009.
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Colección: | T & T Clark theology.
Ecclesiological investigations. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Is the Church a community of friends? Steve Summers explores the significance of friendship for our understanding of the church today. Since Jesus' statement in St John's gospel "I call you friends" the concept of friendship has had a huge influence on the Christian understanding of community. But is the historical understanding of friendship enough to serve the needs of the church in a post-modern age? Steve Summers explores the limits of the concept as well as it's possible use in contemporary ecclesiology. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (211 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780567274656 0567274659 9780567490643 0567490645 9780567556356 0567556352 |