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Types of Ecclesiology: Five Theological Approaches
This book introduces the study of the doctrine of the church. David Emerton highlights the breadth of contemporary ecclesiological thought by articulating five approaches to ecclesiology. He argues that we must ask what the church is before asking what the church does.

Professors will find a valuable orienting text, students will grasp the stakes of contemporary debates, and scholars surveying ecumenical ecclesiology will discover an illuminating structural framework. Doing the work of the church requires discerning its essence, and this timely volume insightfully examines what is at the heart of the body of Christ.
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Types of Ecclesiology: Five Theological Approaches
This book introduces the study of the doctrine of the church. David Emerton highlights the breadth of contemporary ecclesiological thought by articulating five approaches to ecclesiology. He argues that we must ask what the church is before asking what the church does.

Professors will find a valuable orienting text, students will grasp the stakes of contemporary debates, and scholars surveying ecumenical ecclesiology will discover an illuminating structural framework. Doing the work of the church requires discerning its essence, and this timely volume insightfully examines what is at the heart of the body of Christ.
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Types of Ecclesiology: Five Theological Approaches

Types of Ecclesiology: Five Theological Approaches

by David Emerton
Types of Ecclesiology: Five Theological Approaches

Types of Ecclesiology: Five Theological Approaches

by David Emerton

Overview

This book introduces the study of the doctrine of the church. David Emerton highlights the breadth of contemporary ecclesiological thought by articulating five approaches to ecclesiology. He argues that we must ask what the church is before asking what the church does.

Professors will find a valuable orienting text, students will grasp the stakes of contemporary debates, and scholars surveying ecumenical ecclesiology will discover an illuminating structural framework. Doing the work of the church requires discerning its essence, and this timely volume insightfully examines what is at the heart of the body of Christ.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781540964977
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/12/2024
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Emerton (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is director of St. Mellitus College, East Midlands, United Kingdom. He previously served as principal of the School of Discipleship in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham and as a teaching fellow in systematic and historical theology at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of God's Church-Community: The Ecclesiology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Types of Ecclesiology: A Proposal
2. Empirical Ecclesiology
3. Performative Ecclesiology
4. Communion Ecclesiology
5. Ideal Ecclesiology
6. Ecclesiological Ecclesiology
Conclusion
Glossary
Indexes
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