The church faces death : ecclesiology in a post-modern context / Michael Jinkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jinkins, Michael, 1953- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 141 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now that institutional churches are in decline, the author challenges them to rediscover a vocation, to follow Jesus Christ even at the risk of failing to survive. Without detailing the face of the future church, he asserts that there is life after death for the worshipping body of Christ.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Church Faces Death: Ecclesiology in Search of Identity and Responsibility; TWO: De-scribing Church: Ecclesiology in Semiotic Dialogue; THREE: Taxonomies: Paradox, Plurality, and the Enduring Genius of Church; FOUR: Speaking of Church: What Does It Mean When We Use the Word ""Church""?; FIVE: Confessions: A Preface to Ecclesiology; Epilogue; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774143-6

1-280-83114-6

0-19-535179-7

OCLC:

253008099