Deep church rising
Subtitle: the third schism and the recovery of Christian orthodoxy
By: Andrew G. Walker and Robin A. Parry
Contributors: Parry, Robin A., author
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781625642219
Subjects: Catechetics; Church renewal; Church; Christianity and culture; History; Christianity
Other titles: 3rd schism and the recovery of Christian orthodoxy
Description: The major cultural changes in Western societies since the Reformation have created a serious challenge for the church. Modernity in particular has been inhospitable to Christian orthodoxy and many have been tempted to reject classical versions of the faith. This has led to a division within churches that Walker and Parry name ''the third schism'' a divide between those who believe and practice the central tenets of Christian tradition and those who do not. The authors have adopted and adapted C.S. Lewis' phrase ''deep church'' to highlight the necessity of remembering our past in order to recover historic Christian orthodoxy. This book is a call to deep church, to remember our future, to make a half-turn back to premodernity; not in order to repeat or relive the past, but in order to draw on its rich yet often-forgotten resources for the here and now.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The third schism: on losing the Gospel. Introduction : the third schism and deep church; title: Modernity and postmodernity : the roots of the third schism; title: pt. 2. Deep church: on recovering the Gospel. Deep roots : on relating scripture and tradition; title: Deep calls to deep : introduction to chapters 5-7; title: Deep faith : orthodoxia as right believing; title: Deep worship : orthodoxia as right worship; title: Deep living : orthopraxia as right practice; title: Deep transformation : recovering catechesis; title: Deep church : a eucharistic community; title: Appendix 1: The Nicene Creed and the filioque; title: Appendix 2: Deep church and fundamentalism.