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A Brutal Unity : The Spiritual Politics of the Christian Church
To describe the Church as "united" is a factual misnomer-even at its conception centuries ago. Ephraim Radner provides a robust rethinking of the doctrine of the church in light of Christianity's often violent and at times morally suspect history. He holds in tension the strange and t...
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baylor University Press
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | To describe the Church as "united" is a factual misnomer-even at its conception centuries ago. Ephraim Radner provides a robust rethinking of the doctrine of the church in light of Christianity's often violent and at times morally suspect history. He holds in tension the strange and transcendent oneness of God with the necessarily temporal and political function of the Church, and, in so doing, shows how the goals and failures of the liberal democratic state provide revelatory experiences that greatly enhance one's understanding of the nature of Christian unity. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (488 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781602586314 |