The Transformative Church: New Ecclesial Models and the Theology of Jrgen Moltmann

by Patrick Oden (Translator)

Overview

Throughout the course of his theological career, Jrgen Moltmann has been interested in the ecclesial and societal consequences of systematic theology. From his first major work, Theology of Hope, to his book Experiences in Theology, he has devoted substantive space to what each particular doctrine means for our life in this world, as individuals and as a community. The Transformative Church explores these concerns more deeply, looking at each of his major texts and highlighting themes relevant for a transformative ecclesiology. These themes are augmented by adding the perspectives of a contemporary church movement that reflects, in its practices, many of the same concerns. With these conversation partners, Patrick Oden constructs a more substantive transformative ecclesiology, one that is embedded in this world: we are to become in the church who we are to be in this world, becoming whole in Christ to be a messianic people in any context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451474701
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	02/01/2015
Series:	Emerging Scholars
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 2.50(d)

About the Author

Patrick Oden is assistant professor of theology at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. He is the author of How Long? The Trek Through the Wilderness (2011) and It"s a Dance: Moving with the Holy Spirit (2007). This volume is based on a dissertation completed at Fuller Theological Seminary under the direction of Veli-Matti Karkkainen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi

Abbreviations xv

1 Defining Transformative Churches 1

2 Transformation in Historical Perspective 65

3 Transformation in Anthropological Perspective 93

4 Transformation in Trinitarian Perspective 135

5 Practices of a Transforming History 179

6 Practices of a Transforming Anthropology 191

7 Practices of a Transforming Trinitarianism 229

8 Conclusion 261

Bibliography 301

Index 315