Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John

ISBN-13: 9781107178601 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 292 str.

Andrew J. Byers

Opis

John's Gospel directs attention to the vision of community. Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology.

Recenzje

'… provides an intriguing apology that the church fathers, in their reading of John in terms of theosis, were not off the mark.' Charles R. Schulz, Concordia Journal

Spis treści

1. The Johannine vision of community: trends, approaches, and 'narrative ecclesiology'; Part I. The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Prologue: No Churchless Christ, nor Christless Church: 2. The inclusive divine community: the Prologue's reinterpretation of God and God's people; 3. The ecclesiology of filiation and the incarnation; 4. Characterizing the Prologue's ecclesiology: the ambiguation and assimilation of John the Baptist; 5. The Prologue's 'ecclesial narrative script': ecclesiology as story arc; Part II. The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Shema: A Reappraisal of the Johannine Oneness Motif: 6. The Shema as the foundation for John's theological use of 'one': identifying and addressing reservations; 7. The Shema, John 17, and Jewish-Christian identity: oneness in narrative development; Part III. John's Narrative Ecclesiology of Participation and Deification: 8. The Fourth Gospel and deification in patristic writings; 9. Johannine theosis: deification as ecclesiology; 10. Characterizing Johannine theosis: divinized characters within the narrative; 11. Narrative pneumatology and triadic theology: the Spirit-Paraclete as the character who divinizes beyond the narrative; 12. John's narrative ecclesiology of deification: a synthesis; Bibliography.