Catherine Nerney, Hal Taussig

Re-Imagining Life Together in America

A New Gospel of Community

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Produktbeschreibung

This work interweaves a review of developments in Christian community from the first century to the 21st, with new discoveries in scriptural, theological, and historical research that has uncovered deep communal strands in the foundational literature and notions of Christianity. The result is a profound call for the renewal of Christian community and churches as crucial models and inspirations for the new search for wholeness in America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781580511148
• ISBN-10: 1580511147
• Artikelnr.: 22200380

Autorenporträt

Catherine Nerney, S.S.J. , is chair of the Religious Studies/Graduate Spirituality department at Chestnut Hill College. Hal Taussig teaches graduate New Testament studies at Union Theological Seminary, Chestnut Hill College, and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical college. He is author of Wisdom's Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration (Sheed & Ward).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 A Gospel of Community in Early Christianity Chapter 2 The Emergence
of Christian Community in the Hellenistic Mediterranean Chapter 3 Five
Early Christian Communities Chapter 4 Communion: Meanings of Community take
on Universal Significance Part 5 The Community of God: Twentieth Century
Theological and Philosophical Contributions Chapter 6 A Church Called Back
to Its Roots Chapter 7 An Eastern Orthodox Contribution to Understanding
Communion: The Work of John Zizioulas Chapter 8 Social Philosophers as
Conversation Partners about Community Chapter 9 Communion and Liberation:
The Contribution of Liberation and Feminist Theologians to Understanding
Communion Part 10 The Contemporary North American Social Situation as
Crisis of Community Chapter 11 The American Disaster Chapter 12 The Crisis
of Community in the Christian Churches of America Part 13 A Gospel of
Community for the Twenty-First Century Chapter 14 The Emergence of
Christian Community in Contemporary America Chapter 15 Encountering Diverse
"Forms" of Contemporary Christian Communities Chapter 16 Building
Community: Exploring a Metaphor