Exploring ecclesiology
Subtitle: an evangelical and ecumenical introduction
By: Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger.
Contributors: Metzger, Paul Louis.
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781587431739
Subjects: Church
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The church as a Trinitarian community : the being-driven church; title: The Trinitarian church confronts American individualism; title: The church as an eschatological community; title: Eschatology, the church, and ecology; title: The church as a worshipping community; title: The worshipping church engages culture; title: The church as a sacramental community; title: Sacraments and the search for the Holy Grail; title: The church as a serving community; title: Church discipline : the lost element of service; title: The church as an ordered community; title: The role of women in the ordered community; title: The church as a cultural community : Christ, culture, and the Sermon on the Mount community; title: Getting past the ghettoizing of the Gospel in today's culture; title: The church as a missional community : the being-driven church; title: From building programs to building God's missional kingdom.