Since the term "People of God" came into common usage, there have
been a number of attempts to redefine Christian life as a function
of the Christian people as a whole rather than as a quality defined
and imposed by an institutional church. Macquarrie's book is the
latest, and perhaps the best, of these attempts. He is concerned
primarily with the expression of basic Christian beliefs (i.e.,
theology) and his thesis is that since theology is the articulation
of doctrines implicit in the Christian way of life, it becomes the
role of lay theology to express the life of Christians engaged in
the tasks of the world. The book explores the implications of that
belief by defining the People as a primary theological datum; as
the Church, with its role and voice in the mission and ministry of
Christianity in the world as well as in all aspects of the direct
relationship between the individual and God. The author, since he
is writing primarily for the layman, avoids jargon and is at pains
to spare the reader the technical obscurities implicit in many of
the matters he discusses. The chapter on the sacraments, for
example, "The Signs of the People," is a mode of concise lucidity.
There is a small, and diminishing, market for this kind of book;
but the Christian and especially the Catholic will find that
Macquarrie's efforts to relate the active life to the articulation
of Christian beliefs have not been wasted. (Kirkus Reviews)
'A helpful book, marked by wide reading and rich thought. I commend
it not only for the lonely reader but for groups who would like to
explore the calling and mission of the people of God' (Baptist
Times). 'This is a splendid book for anyone who wants to "break
into" theology and is not quite sure how to go about it. One would
hope it is also a spur to those who are tempted to give up the
theological effort' (Church of Ireland Gazette). 'A model of how
really good and attractive theology can only come from scholars who
know their faith and have given themselves over to the study of it
with openness and devotion ... An excellent text for study groups
which were really prepared to enter deeply into the much-needed
reinterpretation and modernization of our traditional faith'
(Heythrop Journal). 'A fine example of a systematic theologian
writing for a non-specialist readership' (Journal of Theological
Studies). 'A very sensible way of approaching those fundamental
doctrines of the faith, concerning the nature of God, of the person
of Christ, and of salvation, which when they confront us may
nowadays seem, and not only to laymen, singularly formidable ...
Such a book as this demands attentive reading. Nevertheless it is
easily digestible and-in its lucidity and comprehensiveness-most
rewarding' (Expository Times).
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