After first analyzing the dysfunctional state of America's churches
- with their capitulation to modern culture -Schmiechen argues
convincingly that the church can be renewed only through the
recovery of Christ's gospel of reconciliation. "Schmiechen, a
United Church of Christ minister, analyzes the internal divisions
and the capitulation to modern culture that he believes
characterizes the ecumenical Protestant church today and issues a
call for a theological reform of the doctrine of the church. Recent
attempts to renew the church have been unsuccessful, he claims,
because they have not adequately addressed the peculiar dilemma
Protestantism is caught in: it stands for individual freedom yet
opposes individualistic piety, and it speaks of a social gospel yet
fears institutions. In other words, the church is incapable of
affirming the faith and order essential for community. For
Protestantism to survive, Schmiechen argues, it must reclaim its
vision of the gospel as the liberating and unifying power of God.To
this end, the author develops a theology of reconciliation based on
a theory of atonement he derives from "1 Corinthians" and offers a
vision of the church in which differences can co-exist and the
church can grow in the unity of Christ. " - Publishers Weekly
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