Tilling the Church

Theology for an Unfinished Project

AvRichard Lennan

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Tilling the Church is a theology for the pilgrim church. In this book, Richard Lennan shows how the ecclesial community looks toward the fullness of God’s reign but lives within the flux of history, the site of its relationship to the trinitarian God. In this way, God’s grace “tills” the church, constantly refreshing the tradition of faith and prompting the discipleship that embodies the gospel. Tilling the Church explores the possibilities for a more faithful, just, and creative church, one responsive to the movement of grace. Fruitful engagement with grace requires the church’s conversion, the ongoing formation of a community whose words and actions reflect the hope that grace engenders.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-14
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:312 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814667439

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Richard Lennan is a priest of the diocese of Maitland-Newcastle (Australia) and holds a doctorate from the University of Innsbruck (Austria). He is currently professor of systematic theology in the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College.

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"The fruit of Richard Lennan's thirty years of teaching, reflections, and ministry, Tilling the Church applies to the Catholic Church the much-needed rationale, imperative, and dynamics of tilling the earth. Responding to Pope Francis's call for 'ecological conversion,' Lennan explores the elements in the church that promote conversion: learning from both past accomplishments and failures, nourishing present signs of life, and being open to the possibilities in the unknowable future. Like a patient and experienced farmer, Lennan teaches us where, when, and how to plant the seeds of grace in the church-field, a task destined to remain an 'unfinished project' until the eschaton."Peter C. Phan, The Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Thought, Georgetown University

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction xi1. The Church as Project 12. Symbolizing Grace 393. The Pilgrim Community of Faith and Hope 814. Engaging the Graced World 1235. The Future-Oriented Past 1636. The Art of Faithfulness 207Conclusion 251Index 257