Called Together: An Introduction to Ecclesiology

McMahon, Christopher

ISBN 10: 1599820056 / ISBN 13: 9781599820057

Published by Anselm Academic, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Called Together: An Introduction to Ecclesiology
• Publisher: Anselm Academic
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599820056
• ISBN 13: 9781599820057
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This introductory textbook on the Church--its nature, structure, and fundamental saving mission--presents a theoretical and practical basis for helping students think critically about the Church. With this new resource as their guide, readers and instructors can enter into a conversation about the Church that resonates with their experience and challenges their assumptions, without letting the history of the Church or its power structures dominate the discussion. The text is written from the perspective of contemporary Roman Catholic theology, yet offers an account of the Church and its mission that will resonate with Christians from other traditions.
Each chapter includes these sections:

•Questions for Understanding highlight important aspects of each chapter and help students focus their reading.
•Questions for Reflection help students engage with the material in ways that take them beyond the text and the classroom.
•For Further Study sections lead readers to discover additional resources for thinking about the Church.
•Sidebar features throughout the text supplement and advance the central issues.

From the Back Cover

In Called Together: An Introduction to Ecclesiology, Christopher McMahon explores a theological understanding of the Church primarily in terms of its soteriological mission by focusing on the nature of the Church and its mission of mediating the redemptive work of Christ in history. In short, McMahon focuses on what the Church does, as well as what it is, without letting the history of the Church or its power structures dominate the presentation. The author writes: "The text may be judged a success if readers and instructors find here resources that will help to animate a conversation about the Church that resonates with their experience and challenges their assumptions about what the Church is and what it is called to do.…. In the end, it is hoped that Called Together will provide a helpful orientation to the Church via the fundamental theological claim of the Christian tradition, namely, that in Christ, God is reconciling the world to himself (2 Corinthians 5:19)."