| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) |
| Series |
Ashgate contemporary ecclesiology |
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Ashgate contemporary ecclesiology.
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| Contents |
Towards a theology of church growth : an introduction / David Goodhew -- Dialogue, proclamation and the growth of the church in religiously diverse societies / David Marshall, William Glass -- The kingdom of God and church growth in the New Testament / Mark Bonnington -- The ecclesiology of Acts / C. Kavin Rowe -- Theology, eschatology, and church growth / Alister McGrath -- Incarnation and church growth / Martin Warner -- The prodigal spirit and church growth / Graham Tomlin -- Church growth in the early church / Ivor J. Davidson -- Verbum et exemplum docere : Bede, Cuthbert, Aidan, and mission in the early English church / Sr Benedicta Ward -- Growing the medieval church : church growth in theory and practice in christendom c.1000-c.1500 / Miranda Threlfall-Holmes -- Divine allurement : Thomas Cranmer and Tudor church growth / Ashley Null -- New affections : church growth in Britain, 1750-1970 / Dominic Erdozain -- Conclusion Transformed, not conformed : towards a theology of church growth / David Goodhew |
| Summary |
Concern about church growth and decline is widespread and contentious, yet theological reflection on church growth is scarce. Leading international scholars, including Alister McGrath, Benedicta Ward and C. Kavin Rowe, provide rich resources from scripture, doctrine and tradition, to underpin action to promote church growth and to stimulate further theological reflection on the subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church growth.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ecclesiology.
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Church growth
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Goodhew, David, 1965- editor
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| ISBN |
9781472414021 |
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1472414020 |
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9781472414014 |
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1472414012 |
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9781472414007 |
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1472414004 |
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