Urban ecclesiology : gospel of Mark, Familia Dei, and a Filipino community facing homelessness / by Pascal D. Bazzell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bazzell, Pascal D., author.

Series:

Ecclesiological investigations ; Volume 19.

Ecclesiological investigations ; Volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Philippines.

Catholic Church.

Bible. Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Church work with the homeless--Philippines.

Church work with the homeless.

City churches--Phillippines.

City churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pascal D. Bazzell brings the marginal ecclesiology of a Filipino ecclesial community facing homelessness (FECH) into contemporary ecclesiological conversation in order to deepen the ecumenical understanding of today's ecclesial reality. He contributes relevant data to support a theory of an ecclesial-oriented paradigm that fosters ecclesial communities within homeless populations. There is an extensive dialogue occurring between ecclesiologies, church planting theories or urban missions and the urban poor. Yet the situation with the homeless population is almost entirely overlooked. The majority of urban mission textbooks do not acknowledge an ecclesial-oriented state of being and suggest that the street-level environment is a place where no discipleship can occur and no church should exist. By presenting the FECH's case study Bazzell emphasizes that it is possible to live on the streets and to grow in the faith of God as an ecclesial community. To be able to describe the FECH's ecclesial narrative, Bazzell develops a local ecclesiological methodology that aims to bridge the gap between more traditional systematic and theoretical (ideal) ecclesiology and practical oriented ecclesiology (e.g. congregational studies) in order to hold together theological and social understandings of the church in its local reality. He articulates a theological framework for the FECH to reflect on who they are (the essence of identity studies), who they are in relationship to God (the essence of theological studies), and what that means for believers in that community as they relate to God and to each other in ways that are true to who they are and to who God intends them to be (the essence of ecclesial studies). The research provides a seldom-heard empirical tour into the FECH's social world and communal identity. The theological findings from the FECH's hermeneutical work on the Gospel of Mark reveal an understanding of church being developed as gathering around Jesus that creates a space for God's presence to be embodied in their ordinary relationships and activities and to invite others to participate in that gathering. Moreover, it addresses ecclesial issues of the supernatural world; honor/shame values; and further develop the neglected image of the familia Dei in classical ecclesiology that encapsulates well the FECH's nature, mission and place.

Contents:

Ecclesiology of the (in)articulate

Theoretical and methodological prolegomena

Ecclesiality and locality of the church

Towards naming the context

A contextual and interdisciplinary reading of Mark's gospel

Gathering around Jesus: the church as God's family

A church in the Filipino context.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567659828

0567659828

9780567672476

0567672476

9780567663788

0567663787

OCLC:

906575900