Exploring Ecclesiology

Author : Brad Harper
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1587431734
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Ecclesiology written by Brad Harper and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This evangelical and ecumenical ecclesiology survey text provides a comprehensive biblical, historical, and cultural perspective and addresses contemporary issues in church life.

Author : Nathan D. Holsteen
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441263616
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Christian Theology : Volume 3 written by Nathan D. Holsteen and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dallas Seminary Professors Make Basic Theology Accessible for All Theology doesn't have to be complicated. In this book, trusted Dallas Seminary professors present a concise systematic theology that distills the essential spiritual truths in a way that makes sense to readers--students, lay people, and pastors. Here are introductions, overviews, and reviews of key tenets of orthodox protestant evangelical doctrines. The book also includes an annotated list of key applicable Bible texts, a quick-paced story of doctrine throughout church history, heresies or distortions to be aware of, and more. Exploring Christian Theology is useful for discipleship, catechism, membership training, preview or review of doctrine, or quick personal reference. It can also be used by ministry training programs, Bible colleges, or seminaries as an introductory primer to orient students in preparation for a more in-depth study of theology.

Author : Brad Harper
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441212922
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Ecclesiology written by Brad Harper and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this introduction to ecclesiology, respected scholars Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger offer a solidly evangelical yet ecumenical survey of the church in mission and doctrine. Combining biblical, historical, and cultural analysis, this comprehensive text explores the church as a Trinitarian, eschatological, worshiping, sacramental, serving, ordered, cultural, and missional community. It also offers practical application, addressing contemporary church life issues such as women in ministry, evangelism, social action, consumerism in church growth trends, ecumenism, and the church in postmodern culture. The book will appeal to all who are interested in church doctrine, particularly undergraduates and seminarians.

Author : Ola Tjørhom
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814628737
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visible Church, Visible Unity written by Ola Tjørhom and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Visible Church-Visible Unity Ola Tjorhom explores central questions in current ecclesiological and ecumenical debates from the perspective of an evangelical catholicity of "the Great Tradition of the Church." Tjorhom shows how the fundamental visibility of the Church and the similarly visible nature of church fellowship is a corrective cover against "invisible" perceptions of these entities. This theme of visibility is developed in view of the sacraments, the ministries, and the mission of the Church. Visible Church-Visible Unity includes "Chapter 1: Toward the End of the Reformation Project? The Riddle of Protestantism," "Chapter 2: The Great Tradition of the Church'-An Old Way Forward?" "Chapter 3: The Church-Mother of Faith and Priest of Creation," "Chapter 4: The Goal of Visible Unity-Reaffirming Our Commitment," and "Chapter 5: Life in the Spirit-Toward a 'Materialist' Spirituality."

Author : Adesola Joan Akala
Publisher : Fortress Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781978708914
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Glory of God written by Adesola Joan Akala and published by Fortress Academic. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers biblical, theological, and scientific perspectives on the subject of divine self-revelation and human response to the manifestations of divine presence.

Author : Christian Scharen
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 9780801049309
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fieldwork in Theology written by Christian Scharen and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this addition to the acclaimed The Church and Postmodern Culture series, leading practical theologian Christian Scharen examines the relationship between theology and its social context. He engages with social theorist Pierre Bourdieu to offer helpful theoretical and theological grounding to those who want to reflect critically on the faith and practice of the church, particularly for those undertaking ministry internships or fieldwork assignments. As Scharen helps a wide array of readers to understand the social context of doing theology, he articulates a vision for the church's involvement with what God is doing in the world and provides concrete examples of churches living out God's mission.

Author : Leslie J. Francis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131713723X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Ordinary Theology written by Leslie J. Francis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ordinary theology' characterizes the reflective God-talk of the great majority of churchgoers, and others who remain largely untouched by the assumptions, concepts and arguments that academic theology takes for granted. Jeff Astley coined the phrase in his innovative study, Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology, arguing that 'speaking statistically ordinary theology is the theology of God's Church'. A number of scholars have responded to this and related conceptualizations, exploring their theological implications. Other researchers have adopted the perspective in examining a range of Church practices and contexts of Christian discipleship, using the tools of empirical study. Ordinary theology research has proved to be key in uncovering people's everyday lay theology or ordinary dogmatics. Exploring Ordinary Theology presents fresh contributions from a wide range of authors, who address the theological, empirical and practical dimensions of this central feature of ordinary Christian existence and the life of the Church.

Author : Christian B. Scharen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802868649
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography written by Christian B. Scharen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Explorations in Ecclesiology and Ethnography Christian Scharen and several other contributors explore empirical and theological understandings of the church. Like the first volume in the Studies in Ecclesiology and Ethnography series, this second volume seeks to bridge the great divide between theological research and ethnography (qualitative research). The book's wide-ranging chapters cover such fascinating topics as geographic habits of American evangelicals, debates over difficult issues like homosexuality, and responses to social problems like drug abuse and homelessness. The contributors together model a collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach, with fruitful results that will set a new standard for ecclesiological research. Contributors: Christopher Brittain Helen Cameron Henk De Roest Paul Fiddes Matthew Guest Roger Haight Harald Hegstad Mark Mulder Paul Murray James Nieman Christian B. Scharen James K. A. Smith John Swinton Pete Ward Clare Watkins

Author : Cheryl M. Peterson
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451426380
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century written by Cheryl M. Peterson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many congregations today are beset by fears, whether over loss of members and money, or of irrelevancy in an increasingly pluralistic society. To counter this, many congregations 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. To do this, she places the questions of the church's identity and mission into a conversation with the primary ecclesiological paradigms of the past century: the neo-Reformation concept of the church as a "word event" and the ecumenical paradigms of the church as "communion." She argues that these two paradigms assume a context of cultural Christendom that no longer exists-focused on the church that is gathered-rather than the missional church that is sent out.

Author : John Christopher Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935931003
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology written by John Christopher Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is based upon presentations given at a conference on Pentecostal Ecclesiology that convened on 28-29 June 2010 at Bangor University in North Wales, UK. After a short introduction (John Christopher Thomas) and an extended treatment of the role of the Fivefold Gospel in the doing of Pentecostal Theology (Kenneth J. Archer), two chapters each are devoted to the Pentecostal Church as Redeemed Community (Wynand de Kock, Dario Andres Lopez Rodriguez), Sanctified Community (Daniel Castelo, Matthias Wenk), Empowered Community (Simon Chan, Daniela Augustine), Healing Community (Kimberly E. Alexander, Opoku Onyinah), and Eschatological Community (Peter Althouse, Frank D. Macchia), with three formal responses following (Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Robert Pope, William K. Kay). Global in composition, the contributors to this volume represent six continents and diversity of gender, race, nationality, denominational affiliation, and academic discipline. Their creative theological presentations and the constructive engagements that they elicit not only make a significant contribution to this topic, but also provide a model for future global Pentecostal theological construction. This ground-breaking monograph is destined to shape future discussions of Pentecostal Ecclesiology as well as the broader field of Pentecostal Theology.