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Synopsis
According to longstanding tradition, theology can be thought of as 'faith seeking understanding.' Ecclesiology, then, seeks to understand the theological reality we call church.Re-Visioning the Church, the outcome of nearly two decades of research and writing towards constructing a systematic historical ecclesiology, applies a social scientific and historical outlook to the story of the emergence, development, and ongoing mission and ministry of the church. Establishing a critical framework for understanding the structures of the church, the work is a wide-scale exploration of the religious, cultural, and social dimensions of what it means to be the church and what structures and ministries form the fundamental parts of ecclesial life in its relationship to the kingdom.The heart of the project is a detailed account of the history, development, and change across the centuries of the church that takes the story from the apostolic band of witnesses to the dramatic global event of the Second Vatican Council.
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About the Author
Neil Ormerod is professor of theology in the School of Theology at the Australian Catholic University. He is co-author (with Cynthia Crysdale) of Creator God, Evolving World (Fortress, 2013).
Review
"I warmly welcome the publication of this substantial and original contribution to ongoing theological reflection on the church. Neil Ormerod is well equipped to integrate social-scientific categories and solid historical research into a systematic-theological ecclesiology, and he does so in an exemplary fashion. His application of Lonergan's methodological precision shows the power and continuing generative capacities of Method in Theology. Re-Visioning the Church invites and contributes to collaboration in the ongoing tasks of systematic theology." --Robert Doran, Marquette University
"Ormerod's account of the historical emergence of the discipline of ecclesiology makes for deceptively easy and attractive reading! It is in fact an exercise of bringing explanatory clarity to a discipline that is all too often explored in merely descriptive terms. This book provides a foundation for a subsequent moment where one can turn to the present and ask ‘Where should the Church go next?’" --Gerard Whelan, Pontifical Gregorian University
"Re-Visioning the Church is the outcome of over a decade of research and writing towards the end of constructing a systematic historical ecclesiology. This study is a deep engagement with the wide range of sub-disciplines within theology and indeed with the historical, social scientific, and philosophical realms of discourse. The fruits of such engagement are applied so creatively in this volume, which will inspire much further discourse in the rapidly growing field of ecclesiology. Ormerod has rendered that field a great service through this undertaking." --Gerard Mannion, Georgetown University
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- PublisherFortress Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 145147816X
- ISBN 13 9781451478167
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages416
- EditorOrmerod Neil
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