The church, then and now
By: edited by Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Long Westfall
Contributors: H.H. Bingham Colloquium in New Testament (14th : 2008 : McMaster Divinity College)
Series: McMaster New Testament studies series; McMaster New Testament studies
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781610979214
Subjects: Bibel; Kirche; Ekklesiologie; Church
Description: These papers from a Bingham Colloquium at McMaster Divinity College treat the church "then" in studies of the church in the various parts of the New Testament canon, followed by a historical study of the church under attack in places where it did not survive. The latter part of the book contains essays by several church practitioners from "now" who discuss their insights about and experiences with postmodern society, home churches, megachurches, and the missional church. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: The church then, now, and for the future  -- Stanley E. Porter and Cynthia Long Westfall; title: The least, the lost, and the last: Christ's church in the gospels  -- Michael P. Knowles; title: Saints and sinners: the church in Paul's letters  -- Stanley E. Porter; title: The church and the synagogue: continuity and discontinuity  -- Cynthia Long Westfall; title: When the blood of the martyrs was not enough: a survey of places where the church was wiped out  -- Gordon L. Heath; title: The local church: postmodern possibilities  -- Lee Beach; title: Adapting the house church model  -- Bruxy Cavey and Wendy Carrington-Phillips; title: The megachurch in Canada: promising future or passing fad?  -- Michael Pawelke; title: The role and identity of the church in the biblical story: missional by its very nature  -- Michael W. Goheen; title: Reflections on the church then and now -- Steven M. Studebaker.