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This book offers an upper-level introduction to the Christian
doctrine of the Church. This book is a rigorous comprehensive
introduction to the doctrine of the Church by taking the tack of
walking readers through the internal logic of ecclesiology. Rather
than simply offering a compendium of perspectives on each issue
that arises, the authors seek to teach and model thinking
theologically, with the grain of scripture and ecclesial
reflection, about the Church. The chapters are peppered with two to
three excurses per chapter which consider a particularly pertinent
issue that arises from the doctrine's development (e.g. the move
from Jesus to the Church, schism and the rise of denominations,
sacramental mediation) or contemporary concerns (e.g. the question
of other religions, contemporary ecumenical questions, the emerging
church). While the overall tone and content of the book articulate
and invite discussion on the problematics of ecclesiology, these
excurses will provide ample opportunity to examine and (where
appropriate) untangle ecclesiological knots. "Continuum's Guides
for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions
to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can
find especially challenging - or indeed downright bewildering.
Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject
difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and
ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of
demanding material.
Although the institution of monasticism has existed in the
Christian church since the first century, it is often
misunderstood. Greg Peters, an expert in monastic studies,
reintroduces historic monasticism to the Protestant church,
articulating a monastic spirituality for all believers. As Peters
explains, what we have known as monasticism for the past 1,500
years is actually a modified version of the earliest monastic life,
which was not necessarily characterized by poverty, chastity, and
obedience but rather by one's single-minded focus on God--a
single-mindedness rooted in one's baptismal vows and the priesthood
of all believers. Peters argues that all monks are Christians, but
all Christians are also monks. To be a monk, one must first and
foremost be singled-minded toward God. This book presents a
theology of monasticism for the whole church, offering a vision of
Christian spirituality that brings together important elements of
history and practice. The author connects monasticism to movements
in contemporary spiritual formation, helping readers understand how
monastic practices can be a resource for exploring a robust
spiritual life.
G. K. Chesterton wrote, "Tradition means giving votes to the most
obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the
dead." This book pays homage to major theologians of the Christian
tradition that tell the history of theology. Matt Jenson engages in
charitable yet critical exposition and dialogue with eleven select
thinkers, offering a lucid, synthetic account of their theology
with a view to ongoing systematic theological issues. He engages
directly with core primary texts and treats individual theologians
in greater depth and nuance than most overview textbooks.
Description: When we read the Bible as a parable, as a series of
object lessons told merely to prove a point, we miss something.
When we treat the people within the Bible as mere ""characters"" in
a story, we lose something incredibly important. Object lessons are
clean and simple. People, on the other hand, are messy and
complicated. When we look at the life of Simon Peter, we see one of
the messiest people in the entire New Testament. Peter walked on
water and sank into the waves. He proclaimed who Jesus was and
completely missed the point. He pledged his undying devotion to
Christ, and even drew a sword in defense of his Lord, and then he
abandoned Jesus and denied him three times. Peter is also the rock
on which Christ would build his church--the same church of which
Paul says we are a part. So come. Walk with Peter. Fish with him.
Follow a strange rabbi, though it might cost you everything. Walk
on water, though you might sink. Go to Jerusalem, though death
awaits you. Stand with Peter as God uses him to build his church,
and watch that church grow.
An upper-level introduction to the Christian doctrine of the
Church. This book is a rigorous comprehensive introduction to the
doctrine of the Church by taking the tack of walking readers
through the internal logic of ecclesiology. Rather than simply
offering a compendium of perspectives on each issue that arises,
the authors seek to teach and model thinking theologically, with
the grain of scripture and ecclesial reflection, about the Church.
The chapters are peppered with two to three excurses per chapter
which consider a particularly pertinent issue that arises from the
doctrine's development (e.g. the move from Jesus to the Church,
schism and the rise of denominations, sacramental mediation) or
contemporary concerns (e.g. the question of other religions,
contemporary ecumenical questions, the emerging church). While the
overall tone and content of the book articulate and invite
discussion on the problematics of ecclesiology, these excurses will
provide ample opportunity to examine and (where appropriate)
untangle ecclesiological knots. "Continuum's Guides for the
Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to
thinkers, writers, and subjects that students and readers can find
especially challenging - or indeed downright bewildering.
Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject
difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and
ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of
demanding material.
This book looks at the influential metaphor of describing sin as
'homo incurvatus in se' (humanity being curved in on oneself) from
its origins in Augustine to Luther, Barth and Feminist theology.
Matt Jenson argues that the image of being 'curved in on oneself'
is the best paradigm for understanding sin relationally, that it
has sufficient explanatory breadth and depth to be of service to
contemporary Christian theology. He looks to Augustine as the
Christian source for this image in his various references to
humanity's turn to itself, though the threads of a relational
account of sin are not drawn together with any systematic
consequence until Martin Luther's description of 'homo incurvatus
in se' in his commentary on "Romans". Luther radicalizes
Augustine's conception by applying this relational view of sin to
the totus homo and by emphasizing its appearance, above all, in
homo religiosus. The Western tradition of sin understood
paradigmatically as pride has been recently called into question by
feminist theologians. Daphne Hampson's critique of Luther on this
front is considered and critiqued. Though she is right to call
attention to the insufficiency of his and Augustine's myopic focus
on pride, the question remains whether 'incurvatus in se' can
operate paradigmatically as an umbrella concept covering a far
wider range of sins. Karl Barth's extension of 'incurvatus in se'
to apply more broadly to pride, sloth and falsehood suggests that
incurvature can do just that.
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