John Calvin's ecclesiology
Subtitle: ecumenical perspectives
By: edited by Gerard Mannion and Eduardus Van der Borght
Series: Ecclesiological investigations -- v. 10; T&T Clark theology
Publisher: T & T Clark; T&T Clark Int'l
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780567081025
Subjects: Ecumenical movement; History of doctrines; Church
Description: Many events were staged and a plethora of new books appeared to mark the quincentenary of the birth of John Calvin, in 2009. But one area received considerably less attention in that anniversary year - namely, Calvin's ecclesiology. This study explores the development and fundamental legacy of Calvin's perspectives on and relationship with the church. Contributions are included which explore the later development and 'denominational variations' of Calvin's ecclesiology, along with ecumenical discussions/responses to and implications of Calvin's understanding of the church. There are further chapters which focus on particular aspects such as Calvin's ecclesiological method, understanding of ministry, the 'sacramental' principle, the 'invisible church' etc. Contributions on the use of Calvin's ecclesiology by later and modern/contemporary ecclesiologists also feature. This is a volume that brings together leading and emerging theological voices from Europe, North America and Latino America and from across the different theological sub-disciplines. Significantly, the book has a decidedly ecumenical perspective, with writers from several different denominational traditions contributing
Notes: "A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Calvin and the church : trajectories for ecumenical engagement today - volume introduction / Gerard Mannion; title: John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola on an ecclesial spirituality of social engagement / Roger Haight; title: In what sense does Calvin affirm 'extra ecclesiam nulla salus'? / Dennis W. Jowers; title: Merely quantifiable realitites? the 'vestigia ecclesiae' in the thought of Calvin and its twentieth-century reception / Sandra Arenas; title: Priest, prophet and king : Jesus Christ, the church and the Christian person / Rose M. Beal; title: Practical ecclesiology in John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards / Amy Plantinga Pauw; title: Preaching makes the church : recovering a missing ecclesial mark / Joshua Ralston; title: Rectifying Calvin's ecclisiology : the doctrinal and ecumenical importance of separatist-congregational Catholicity / Alan P. F. Sell; title: Making Calvin modern : form and freedom in Abraham Kuyper's free church ecclesiology / John Halsey Wood, Jr.; title: Regnum Christi : Thomas Torrance's appropriation of John Calvin's ecclesiology / Stanley S. Maclean; title: The spirit, the church and the decade to overcome violence : trajectories in reformed and orthodox theology / Rodney L. Petersen; title: Calvin's ecclesiology revisited : seven trends in the research of Calvin's ecclesiology / Eduardus Van der Borght.