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Witness (Paperback)
James William McClendon, Nancey Murphy
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Ethics, the first volume of McClendon's Systematic Theology.
explored the shape of life in the Christian community. Doctrine,
the second volume. investigated the teaching necessary to sustain
that life. Witness. the third and final volume of the work.
considers the wider context in which that life takes place. It
asserts that the church's identity is established not only by how
it lives and what it teaches but also by how it enters into
conversation and connects with systems of thought and social
structures outside itself. McClendon continues here his exploration
of "the baptist vision". a tradition of the church's understanding
of itself. its relation to Scripture. and its place in the larger
society. which flows from the Radical Reformation of the 16th
century. He employs that vision to engage in conversation with
three principal partners: other theologies: current philosophy: and
culture. including science and letters. the fine and performing
arts. and politics -- in short. what Scripture calls "the world".
Christian doctrine, McClendon tells us, is no laundry list of
propositions to be believed, but is rather an essential practice of
the church. Doctrines are those shared convictions which the church
must teach and live out if it is to be the church. The author
rejects the prevailing assumptions stemming from the rationalism of
the Enlightenment, and redefines theology as a discipline within
the context of particular religious beliefs and practices of
concrete believing communities. McClendon ties the reading of
Scripture to the community's understanding of itself and its own
mission.
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