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Apostolic and Prophetic

Ecclesiological Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvGesa Elsbeth Thiessen

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A critical study of the concept of apostolicity emerging in patristic theology, and its significance in modern ecumenism.Apostolic, ecumenical and radical: these are the ecclesial characteristics highlighted by Gesa E. Thiessen while explaining her vision of the church. The author focuses on the meaning of each of these marks as well as on their intrinsic connections, an approach that leads her to delve deep into the history of the church, and to draw a wide span between the apostolic past and a radical perspective on the present and future ecumenical church. Apostolic and Prophetic studies the concept of apostolicity emerging in patristic theology and examines this concept as it has been developed in select Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Anglican ecumenical documents.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-07-26
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt303 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieJames Clarke and Co Ltd
Antal sidor206
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780227680254

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Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen lectures in systematic theology at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, and at Mater Dei Institute, Dublin, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Wales, Lampeter. She has published several books including, among others, Ecumenical Ecclesiology (2009), Theological Aesthetics: A Reader (2004), and Theology and Modern Irish Art (1999).

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I Apostolicity: Past, Present, Future1. Ad fontes: Apostolicity in the Early Church2. Apostolicity in Select Ecumenical Documents of the Anglican, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic Churches3. Looking Ahead: Possibilities and Challenges in Ecclesiology and Ecumenical DialoguePART II Unity, Diversity, and Ecumenical Praxis4. Denominations: Churches in (Post)modernity -The Lutheran Church (A Case Study)5. Ecumenism in Praxis: Critical Observations on the Week of Prayer for Christian UnityPART III Towards a Radical Church6. A Theology of Liberation: Dorothee Sölle7. A New Left Church? Terry EagletonConclusion: Towards an Apostolic, Ecumenical, Radical and Prophetic ChurchBibliographyIndex

Gesa Thiessen discusses a broad range of current ecumenical issues in a manner that is both theoretically lucid and practically helpful. Her experience as bridge-builder between Lutherans and Roman Catholics as well as between German and English-speaking theological traditions allows her to grapple with many contemporary problems in a creative and forward-looking fashion. Not only academic theologians, but also ecumenically minded laypeople will benefit from Thiessen's sincere and participatory way of engaging challenging topics.