Calvin Today - Reformed Theology and the Future of the Church

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction /I. Faith / Faith: Introduction / "For the Glory of God": Learning the Future of the Church from Paul / Calvin as a Model for Theological Interpretation of
Scripture, illustrated with his Exegis of Tim. 4:1-5/ Contemplating the Living Image of God in Creation / How Calvinism travelled to America: The story of Susanna Bell / Calvin, Children and the Church / Inconvenient, because Consistent Theology: John Calvin and Karl Barth / II. Ecumenism / Ecumenism - Introduction / Calvin's Concept Of the Church and Present-day Ecumenical Challenges / The World Alliance of Reformed Churches today and the John Calvin Legacy / Not without the World Council of Churches: A contribution to the history of the Catholic-reformed international bilateral dialogue. / Calvin's Theology: an Ecumenical Challenge / Can Scripture interpret itself? Thoughts on the relationship between the interpretation of Scripture and Church ministry in Calvin's theology / III. Public Responsibility Public Responsibility - Introduction / On Self-love. Impulses from Calvin and Calvinism for Life in Society? / Meditatio futurae vitae - A spiritual challenge for Church and society? / Calvin's Interpretation of the Church as the Communion of the Saints - a Challenge and an Opportunity for Present-day Reformed Churches / Calvin's Doctrine of the "Civil Government": Its Orienting Power in Pluralism and Globalization

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Welker teaches at the University of Heidelberg.

Michael Welker, Dr. theol, Dr. phil., Dr. h.c., Professor for Systematic Theology and Director of the Center of International and Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Dr. theol., Oberkirchenrat and Head of the Department for Mission, Ecumenism and the Church's World-Responsibility in the Church Office of the Evangelical Church of Westfalia, Germany.Dr. theol, Dr. theol. H.c., Professor of Systematic Theology, Dogmatics and Ecumenism, Director of the Ecumenical Institut at the Protestant-Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ulrich M. Ller, Ulrich Mller, Michael Weinrich, Michael Welker, Welker Michael
• Mitarbeit: Ulrich Moller (Herausgeber), Ulrich Möller (Herausgeber), Michael Weinrich (Herausgeber), Michael Welker (Herausgeber), Welker Michael (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 13.10.2011
• EAN: 9780567136930
• ISBN: 978-0-567-13693-0
• Seiten: 240
• Serien: T & T Clark Theology; T & T Clark Theology
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches