Title: The shape of participation
Description: The Shape of Participation is a work of constructive theology addressed to theologians, seminarians, and thoughtful pastors. Owens engages and deepens recent popular discussions of church practices by approaching practices from the church Fathers' understanding of the church's participation in God. Through a wide-ranging engagement with theologians, both ancient and contemporary--including Cyril of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Herbert McCabe--Owens argues that the embodied practices of the church are the church's participation in the life of God, making the church Jesus' own continued, peaceable embodiment in and for the world. This book is for theologians, pastors, and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how the visible presence of God's church is extraordinarily good news in a violent world. (Publisher).
Subjects: Practical Theology, Christian communities, Criticism and interpretation, History of doctrines, Church, Bonhoeffer, dietrich, 1906-1945, Theology, practical, Church, history of doctrines, Participation, Christianity
People: Herbert McCabe (1926-2001), Alasdair C. MacIntyre, Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)