Andrew J. Byers

Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For the author of the fourth Gospel, there is neither a Christless church nor a churchless Christ. Though John's Gospel has been widely understood as ambivalent toward the idea of 'church', Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology. Rather than focusing on the community behind the text, John's Gospel directs attention to the vision of community prescribed within the text, which is presented as a 'narrative ecclesiology' by which the concept of 'church' gradually unfolds throughout the Gospel's sequence. The theme of oneness functions within this script and draws on the theological language of the Shema, a centerpiece of early Jewish theology and social identity. To be 'one' with this 'one God' and his 'one Shepherd' involves the believers' corporate participation within the divine family. Such participation requires an ontological transformation that warrants an ecclesial identity expressed by the bold assertion found in Jesus' citation of Psalm 82: 'you are gods'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316832653
• Artikelnr.: 49272182

Autorenporträt

Andrew Byers is a PhD student in New Testament at Durham University, where he serves as the Chaplain of St. Mary's College and as a theological consultant for the CODEC Institute (Christian Communication in the Digital Age). He is the author of Faith Without Illusions: Following Jesus as a Cynic-Saint (2011) and his blog is www.hopefulrealism.com

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Johannine vision of community: trends, approaches, and 'narrative
ecclesiology'; Part I. The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Prologue: No
Churchless Christ, nor Christless Church: 2. The inclusive divine
community: the Prologue's reinterpretation of God and God's people; 3. The
ecclesiology of filiation and the incarnation; 4. Characterizing the
Prologue's ecclesiology: the ambiguation and assimilation of John the
Baptist; 5. The Prologue's 'ecclesial narrative script': ecclesiology as
story arc; Part II. The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Shema: A Reappraisal
of the Johannine Oneness Motif: 6. The Shema as the foundation for John's
theological use of 'one': identifying and addressing reservations; 7. The
Shema, John 17, and Jewish-Christian identity: oneness in narrative
development; Part III. John's Narrative Ecclesiology of Participation and
Deification: 8. The Fourth Gospel and deification in patristic writings; 9.
Johannine theosis: deification as ecclesiology; 10. Characterizing
Johannine theosis: divinized characters within the narrative; 11. Narrative
pneumatology and triadic theology: the Spirit-Paraclete as the character
who divinizes beyond the narrative; 12. John's narrative ecclesiology of
deification: a synthesis; Bibliography.