Between Congregation and Church

Denomination and Christian Life Together

AvBarry A. Ensign-George

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Denominations are one of the primary ways in which Christians attempt to live in a community based around God. Yet there is very little careful theological analysis of denomination available today. Between Congregation and Church offers a constructive theological understanding of denomination, showing its role as an intermediary structure between congregation and church. It places denomination and other intermediary structures within the doctrine of the church. Barry Ensign-George reviews work by theologians and church historians that can contribute to a constructive theological understanding of denomination. The book highlights particular developments in the history of the church that established preconditions for the emergence of denomination. Exploration of unity and diversity is central to this analysis, and individual chapters offer theological analyses of the unity and the diversity to which the Christians are called. Finally, denomination has often been a vehicle for sin, and the relationship between denomination and sin is considered.Between Congregation and Church addresses a major gap in contemporary theology: the failure to offer substantive theological analysis of denomination, a major way Christians together live their faith today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-14
Mått:138 x 216 x 35 mm
Vikt:588 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury 3PL
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567658340

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Barry A. Ensign-George served for 12 years as Associate for Theology in the denominational offices of the Presbyterian Church, USA. He is co-editor and contributor to Denomination: Assessing an Ecclesiological Category (T&T Clark).

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A very interesting theological perspective of denomination from the American vantage point ... It is thought-provoking for all who struggle to make sense of the divisions in the body of Christ. It may well give valuable help to those who are striving for ecclesiological unity with (or despite) denominational diversity.

Innehållsförteckning

INTRODUCTION Part I: Considering DenominationPART I: PREFACE: Considering Denomination: Forerunners Chapter 1: PHILIP SCHAFF AND THE MULTIFORM CHURCH 2: H. RICHARD NIEBUHR 3: THE CHURCH HISTORIANS: WINTHROP HUDSON, SIDNEY MEAD, RUSSELL E. RICHEY PART I: SUMMARY Part II: Denomination, Diversity, and Unity PART II: PREFACE Chapter 4: DENOMINATION: A NORMATIVE DEFINITION 5: THE DIVERSITY TO WHICH WE ARE CALLED 6: THE UNITY TO WHICH WE ARE CALLED 7: THE COMMUNITY TO WHICH WE ARE CALLED PART II: SUMMARY CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY