Church and religious 'other' / edited by Gerard Mannion.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mannion, Gerard, 1970-2019.

Series:

Ecclesiological investigations ; v. 4.

Ecclesiological investigations ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together the prestigious speakers at the inaugural Church in Our Times Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope, throughout the first 4 months of 2006, and invited contributors from and addressing wider international contexts - Africa, Sri Lanka, India and the United States. The volume explores themes such as questions of ecclesial and religious identity in these post-modern times, the advent of neo-exclusivism, divisions within the contemporary Roman Catholic and Anglicans churches, inter-faith relations and dialogue, questions of sexuality and Christian ministry, contemporary unde

Contents:

Contents; Ecclesiological Investigation: A New International Research Network; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword: Church: The Distinctive and Definitive Idea of Christianity; Introduction: Church and the Grace of Otherness: Exploring Questions of Truth, Unity and Diversity; Part I. Ecumenical and Pluralist Contexts and Questions; Part II. Church, Inclusivity and Diversity; Part III. Constructive Explorations for the Future; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612867842

9781282867840

1282867849

9780567047267

0567047261

OCLC:

676695905