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| ISBN: | 9780195351798
0195351797
1280831146
9781280831140
0195128400
9780195128406
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-135) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Ecclesiology (the theology of the church) is a neglected topic in contemporary theology. At a time when the institutional churches are experiencing dramatic decline, says Michael Jinkins, we need a new understanding of what the church is. In this work, Jinkins challenges the church to rediscover its vocation, to follow Jesus Christ even at the risk of its institutional survival. In the face of a variety of perceived threats to its future, he reminds us that the church is most alive and attractive when it forgets about itself and its safety. The ecclesiology Jinkins puts forward is born from a.
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| Other form: | Print version: Jinkins, Michael, 1953- Church faces death. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999
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