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In the first book-length study of ecclesiology in analytic theology, Joshua Cockayne offers a vision of the Church, according to which the Church is united as the body of Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit, despite the apparent diversity of the Church in its gathered, particular forms.
List of contents
- Preface
- 1: That They May be One: The Individual and the Community of the Church
- 2: One Spirit: The Church as a Group Agent
- 3: One Lord Jesus Christ: The Church as the Socially Extended Body of Christ
- 4: One Baptism: Group Membership and Rites of Initiation
- 5: One Bread, One Cup: The Eucharist as a Sacrament of Unity
- 6: Acting as One: Liturgy and Group Action
- 7: One Purpose: Extensive Liturgy and Protest
- Epilogue
About the author
Joshua Cockayne is an honorary lecturer in the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews, a tutor at Westminster College of Theology, and vicar at Holy Trinity Boar Lane Church in Leeds. He was previously a lecturer at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology. Joshua's research focuses on spirituality, liturgy, and ecclesiology.
Summary
In the first book-length study of ecclesiology in analytic theology, Joshua Cockayne offers a vision of the Church, according to which the Church is united as the body of Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit, despite the apparent diversity of the Church in its gathered, particular forms.
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Not only should Explorations in Analytic Ecclesiology serve as a foothold for discussions of ecclesiology within analytic theology and provide content for fruitful dialogue on the sacraments discussed, but it also shows how one can tease out the implications of analytic theological discourse for how one should act and operate within the Church. This volume is thus of extreme importance, both in terms of its content and its methodology.
