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1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) |
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Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies |
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Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART 1 The provisionalist ecclesiology of modern ecumenism; 1 Ecumenism and ecclesiology; 2 Survey of ecumenical provisionalism; PART 2 Trinitarian ontology: the ecclesiological cornerstone; 3 Principles of trinitarian ontology and cosmology; 4 The Spirit in the economy of being and salvation; PART 3 Event-ecclesiology and -ecumenism; 5 Ecclesiological principles; 6 Event-ecclesiology: a response to provisionalism; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
Some hundred years from inception, the ecumenical movement is stagnating. William C. Ingle-Gillis argues that the problem lies in modern ecumenism's treatment of denominational Churches as provisional entities requiring reunion to be more fully Christ's Body. In a work unique both to ecumenical studies and to trinitarian theology, the author redefines ecclesial life from the premise that God's essence is personhood-in-communion and that the ultimate calling of human persons is to share as fully in the divine life as Christ himself. Concluding that the Churches are, by the Spirit's action, a ta |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian union.
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Trinity.
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RELIGION -- Ecumenism.
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Discipleship.
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Christian union
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Trinity
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Drie-eenheid.
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Ecclesiologie.
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Oecumene.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780754688013 |
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0754688011 |
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1351880942 |
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9781351880947 |
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1315236737 |
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9781315236735 |
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1281894133 |
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9781281894137 |
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9786611894139 |
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6611894136 |
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