The field of ecclesiology is rapidly expanding as new material, theories, methods, and approaches are being explored. This raises important and challenging questions concerning ecclesiology as an academic discipline. This book takes the reader into the trenches of ecclesiological research where the actual work of reading, writing, interpreting, and analyzing is being done. The authors reflect on fundamental questions concerning theory and method in ecclesiology in relation to concrete and actual research projects. Ecclesiology is dealt with as a systematic, empirical, historical, and...
The field of ecclesiology is rapidly expanding as new material, theories, methods, and approaches are being explored. This raises important and challe...
Description: The church exists for the sake of the world. The crucial ecclesiological question that this book raises is How? How does the church exist for sake of the world? One can describe the theological reflections in this book as a form of concrete ecclesiology--critical theological reflections on the way the church is manifested in social and historical contexts as a social body. By using concepts like body, queer, human rights, practices, social process, and space, the manifestations of the concrete church are critically and constructively analyzed from a theological perspective. The...
Description: The church exists for the sake of the world. The crucial ecclesiological question that this book raises is How? How does the church exist...
A collection of essays that introduce the reader to contemporary academic ecclesiology, revealing the thematic diversity and methodological richness of the modern discipline.
A collection of essays that introduce the reader to contemporary academic ecclesiology, revealing the thematic diversity and methodological richness o...
