Meta-Ecclesiology - Chronicles on Church Awareness

Zusatztext 'The originality of this work lies in its comprehensiveness! taking into account as it does the East-West axis in ecclesiology. This is a brilliantly written book.' - Sven-Erik Brodd! Uppsala University! Sweden Informationen zum Autor Cyril Hovorun is a scholar in Patristics. His first monograph Will, Action and Freedom was published in 2008. He has recently been working in the field of ecclesiology and public theology. He has lectured and published extensively on the modern church issues and the situation in Ukraine. Klappentext The book explores the variables and invariables of the church. Its argument is that self-awareness of the church was often a matter of change, depending on historical circumstances. It encourages appreciating plurality in the church and sets the system of coordinates for identifying the ecclesial 'self'. Zusammenfassung The book explores the variables and invariables of the church. Its argument is that self-awareness of the church was often a matter of change! depending on historical circumstances. It encourages appreciating plurality in the church and sets the system of coordinates for identifying the ecclesial 'self'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Apostolic Times: Discipleship and Fellowship 2. Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Symphony and Hierarchy 3. The Reformations: Emancipation 4. Enlightenment: Rediscovering the Ecclesial 'Self' 5. The Century of Ecclesiology: Exploring the Gap Between Evidence and Established Concepts 6. Trans-traditional Ecclesiologies 7. Postmodernity: Appreciating Plurality 8. Conclusion: Discerning Changeable and Unchangeable in the Ecclesial 'Self' 9. After the Conclusion: Toward aSynthesis of New Ecclesiological Languages Appendix Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cyril Hovorun
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781137545411
• ISBN: 978-1-137-54541-1
• Seiten: 260
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Theologie, Soziologie, Reform, Tradition, Reformation, B, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Theology, Christianity, Church, auseinandersetzen, Religious issues & debates, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion and sociology, Religion and Society, Middle Ages, ecclesiology