The Oxford handbook of ecclesiology /edited by Paul Avis.
Handbook of ecclesiology Ecclesiology
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Oxford handbooks online .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Asian Ecclesiologies / Medieval Ecclesiology and the Conciliar Movement / Methodism and the Church / Patristic Ecclesiology in the West / Pentecostal Ecclesiologies / Roman Catholic Ecclesiology from the Council of Trent to Vatican II and Beyond / Rowan Williams / Social Science and Ideological Critiques of Ecclesiology / Baptist Concepts of the Church and their Antecedents / The Church in the Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles / The Eastern Orthodox Tradition / The Johannine Vision of the Church / The Church in the General Epistles / The Shape of the Church in the Pauline Letters / Wolfhart Pannenberg / Yves Congar / Introduction to Ecclesiology / The Ecclesiology of Israel's Scriptures / Feminist Critiques, Visions and Models of the Church / Anglican Ecclesiology / The Church in the Magisterial Reformers / The Church of the Poor: African Ecclesiologies / Henri de Lubac / John Zizioulas / Joseph Ratzinger / Karl Barth / Karl Rahner / Liberationist Ecclesiologies with Special Reference to Latin America / Simon Chan -- Norman Tanner -- David M. Chapman -- Mark Edwards -- Amos Yong -- Ormond Rush -- Mike Higton -- Neil Ormerod -- Paul S. Fiddes -- Loveday C. A. Alexander -- Andrew Louth -- Andrew Lincoln -- Gerald O'Collins -- Edward Adams -- Friedericke Nuessel -- Gabriel Flynn -- Paul Avis -- R. W. L. Moberly -- Elaine Graham -- Paul Avis -- Dorothea Wendebourg -- Stan Chu Ilo -- Gabriel Flynn -- Paul McPartlan -- Theodor Dieter -- Kimlyn Bender -- Richard Lennan -- Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado.
Nearly thirty expert contributions describe the continuities and discontinuities in the changing understanding of the church in this comprehensive resource for the scholarly study of the theological identity and self-understanding of the church through the centuries. The scope of ecclesiology is defined by the manifold self-understanding and action of the church in relation to a number of research fields, including its historical origins, structures of authority, doctrine, ministry and sacraments, unity and diversity, and mission, as well as its relation to the state, to civil society, and to culture. The book covers the main sources of such ecclesiological research and reflection, namely the Bible, church history from the apostolic age to the present, the wealth of the Christian theological traditions, the experience and practice of the churches today, together with information and insights that emerge from other relevant academic disciplines.