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Who Is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century : An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century /

Many congregations today focus on strategy and purpose--what churches "do"--but Cheryl Peterson submits that mainline churches need to focus instead on "what" or "who" they are--to reclaim a theological, rather than sociological, understanding of themselves. Peterson su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterson, Cheryl M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: asking the right question
  • 1. Ecclesiology and context in Protestant America
  • 2. The Church as word-event
  • 3. The Church as communion
  • 4. Ecclesiology post-Christendom: the missional Church
  • 5. Starting with the Spirit: a narrative method for ecclesiology post-Christendom
  • 6. An ecclesiology that "starts with the Spirit": the ecumenical creeds
  • Epilogue: a vision for revival.