George Lindbeck and the Israel of God : scripture, ecclesiology, and ecumenism / Shaun C. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Shaun C., author.

Series:

Pathways for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel (Christian theology).

Theology.

Church.

Lindbeck, George A.

Physical Description:

ix, 248 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

Summary:

George Lindbeck lamented that his most widely read work, The Nature of Doctrine, had often been read apart from his ecumenical focus. In this book, Shaun Brown seeks to provide a corrective to misreadings of Lindbeck's work by focusing upon his Israelology his emphasis upon the church and Israel as one elect people of God. While many Christians after the Holocaust have noted the harm that supersessionsim brought to the Jews, Lindbeck focuses upon the harm that supersessionism has brought to the church. He argues the appropriation of Israelhood by the church can bring intra-Christian ecumenical benefits. This work comes in two stages. In the first stage, undertaken while he was an observer at the Second Vatican Council, Lindbeck discusses a parallel between Israel and the church. The second stage, which begins in the late 1980s and continues through the end of his career, Lindbeck describes the church as Israel-like or As Israel.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

Method and Overview

A Note on Supersessionism

2. Church and Israel in Historical Perspective

Scripture

The First Three Centuries

Christendom

The Reformation

Modernity

Post-Holocaust

3. The Catholic Protestant: Vatican II and the Church and Israel in Parallel

Background to Vatican II

The Council

Types of Ecclesiologies

Church and Israel in Parallel

Diaspora Church

Conclusion

4. The Role of Scripture in the Christian Community

Retrieval

Narrative

Intratextuality

Consensus

5. The Old Testament as Ecclesiological Textbook

Election

Law and Gospel

6. Jesus the Christ as Israel's Only Fulfillment

Jesus the Messiah and Son of God

Jesus Christ as Savior and Example

The Atonement and Justification

Eschatological Fulfillment

7. Christian Mission

Witness

Catechesis

Cultural Mission?

Baptism

Holy Spirit

Discipleship and Missional Ecclesiology

8. Further Ecumenical Implications

Princeton Proposal

Consequence 1 Peoplehood

Consequence 2 Communal Repentance

Consequence 3 The Role of Individuals and Individual Communities

Ecclesial Structures

The Eucharist

The Church as Israel and Other Ecumenical Proposals

9. Conclusion

How to Read The Nature of Doctrine

Areas for Future Research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.

ISBN:

9783030747565

3030747565

OCLC:

1243351239

Publisher Number:

99988070655