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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013
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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.