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John Williams - Ecclesianarchy, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Ecclesianarchy

Adaptive Ministry for a Post-Church Society

Av John Williams

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Strategic thinking about ministry and mission has tended to focus on the challenges of communication and presentation. Less attention has been paid to the effects that this thinking has on ministry. There is an unacknowledged dilemma for churches insofar as they are caught between the challenge to re-shape ministry in response to cultural change and the belief that there are certain God-given, immutable foundations for ministerial order that must be retained. Arguing that what is needed is a provisional approach to ministry which recognises that all forms of ministry are, and always have been a response to social and cultural context, this book brings theological and practical insight to bear on the question of ministry’s provisionality. In the end, it asks, is the only way through this dilemma a kind of Ecclesianarchy?
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-09-30
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 408 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 288
  • Förlag: SCM Press
  • ISBN: 9780334059806
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John Williams is Visiting Fellow and Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at York St John University.

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Context and culture shape always theologies of ministry. In this excellent study of ecclesiology and ministry, John Williams gives us a refreshing, zesty analysis of how culture and Christianity interact to produce ecclesial and ministerial praxis. No theology or religious belief lacks a cultural or social reference point and shape. There is no ‘pure’ religion, belief, revelation or doctrine. Everything we say, think, do, believe and practise about God is mediated through social or cultural agents. This is perhaps nowhere more true that in the ever-evolving and adaptive identity of the church, and the ministry it offers. This prescient and pithy book from Williams will challenge thinking and break new ground. It is a critically-reflective and quite remarkable book, which will amply repay study and wider discussion.

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