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The Church Faces Death
Michael Jinkins
其他書名
Ecclesiology in a Post-Modern Context
出版
Oxford University Press
, 1999-08-19
主題
Religion / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
Religion / General
ISBN
0195351797
9780195351798
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-tvVFy3joN4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Ecclesiology (the theology of the church) is a neglected topic in contemporary theology. At a time when the institutional churches are experiencing dramatic decline, says Michael Jinkins, we need a new understanding of what the church is. In this work, Jinkins challenges the church to rediscover its vocation, to follow Jesus Christ even at the risk of its institutional survival. In the face of a variety of perceived threats to its future, he reminds us that the church is most alive and attractive when it forgets about itself and its safety. The ecclesiology Jinkins puts forward is born from a sense of "life in Christ" that can, he argues, face institutional death to recover a remarkable freedom. Without detailing the face of the future church, he asserts his faith that there is indeed life after death for the church as the worshipping body of Christ.