Apostolic and prophetic
Subtitle: ecclesiological perspectives
By: Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen
Publisher: James Clarke; James Clarke Company; James Clarke & Co
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780227680254
Subjects: Ecumenical movement; Apostolicity; Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Apostolicity : Past, present, future. Ad fontes : Apostolicity in the early church; title: Apostolicity in select ecumenical documents of the Anglican, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches; title: Looking ahead : possibilities and challenges in ecclesiology and ecumenical dialogue; title: Part 2. Unity, diversity, and ecumenical praxis. Denominations : churches in (post) modernity : the Lutheran Church (a case study); title: Ecumenism in praxis : critical observations on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; title: Part 3. Towards a radical church. A theology of liberation : Dorothee Sölle; title: A new left church? : Terry Eagleton; title: Conclusion: Towards an apostolic, ecumenical, radical and prophetic church.