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Handbook provides a unique scholarly resource for the study of the Christian Church as we find it in the Bible, in history, and today.
List of contents
- List of contributors
- 1: Paul Avis: Introduction to Ecclesiology
- Part I: Biblical Foundations
- 2: R. W. L. Moberly: The Ecclesiology of Israel's Scriptures
- 3: Loveday Alexander: The Church in the Synoptic Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles
- 4: Andrew T. Lincoln: The Johannine vision of the Church
- 5: Edward Adams: The Shape of the Pauline Churches
- 6: Gerald O'Collins, SJ: The Church in the General Epistles
- Part II: Resources from the Tradition
- 7: Mark Edwards: Early Ecclesiology in the West
- 8: Andrew Louth: The Eastern Orthodox Tradition
- 9: Norman Tanner, SJ: Medieval Ecclesiology and the Conciliar Movement
- 10: Dorothea Wendebourg: The Church in the Magisterial Reformers
- 11: Paul Avis: Anglican Ecclesiology
- 12: Ormond Rush: Roman Catholic Ecclesiology from the Council of Trent to Vatican II and Beyond
- 13: Paul S. Fiddes: Baptist Concepts of the Church and their Antecedents
- 14: David M. Chapman: Methodism and the Church
- 15: Amos Yong: Pentecostal Ecclesiologies
- Part III: Major Modern Ecclesiologists
- 16: Kimlyn J. Bender: Karl Barth
- 17: Gabriel Flynn: Yves Congar
- 18: Gabriel Flynn: Henri de Lubac
- 19: Richard Lennan: Karl Rahner
- 20: Theodor Dieter: Joseph Ratzinger
- 21: Paul McPartlan: John Zizioulas
- 22: Friederike Nüssel: Wolfhart Pannenberg
- 23: Mike Higton: Rowan Williams
- Part IV: Contemporary Movements in Ecclesiology
- 24: Elaine Graham: Feminist Critiques, Visions, and Models of the Church
- 25: Neil Ormerod: Social Science and Ideological Critiques of Ecclesiology
- 26: Michelle A. Gonzalez: Liberationist Ecclesiologies with Special Reference to Latin America
- 27: Simon Chan: Asian Ecclesiologies
- 28: Stan Chu Ilo: African Ecclesiologies
About the author
Paul Avis is a priest in the Church of England. He was Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion, Exeter University, 2008-17. He is editor-in-chief of Ecclesiology. His publications include Reshaping Ecumenical Theology: The Church Made Whole?, The Identity of Anglicanism: Essentials of Anglican Ecclesiology (2008), and A Ministry Shaped by Mission (2005).
Summary
The Handbook provides a unique scholarly resource for the study of the Christian Church as we find it in the Bible, in history, and today.
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Avis has put all of us in his debt by the many stimulating works he has produced. This outstanding work is a tribute to his ability and dedication.
