A theology of the church for the Third Millennium : a Franciscan approach /

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Author / Creator:Osborne, Kenan B.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 442 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in systematic theology, 1876-1518 ; v. 2
Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 2.
Subject:Franciscans -- Theology.
Franciscans.
Church.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ecclesiology.
Church.
Theology.
Ekklesiologie
Franziskanerschule
Trinitätslehre
Ekklesiologie.
Franziskanerschule.
Trinitätslehre.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206517
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ISBN:9789047430018
9047430018
9789004176577
9004176578
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-440) and index.
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Summary:At the beginning of the new millennium, the Christian Churches are in a process of renewal. The Roman Catholic Church, since Vatican II, has been in a major stage of renewal. Contemporary globalization, multi-cultural interrelationships, and inter-religious dialogues have presented serious challenges to these renewal efforts. In this volume, I want to offer to the Catholic Renewal and from there to other denominational renewals, a view of the church from the rich tradition of Franciscan philosophy and theology. To date there are a only a few books which include small essays on this theme. This.
Other form:Print version: Osborne, Kenan B. Theology of the church for the Third Millennium. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004176577
Standard no.:10.1163/ej.9789004176577.i-444
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: The structure of this volume
  • Introductory clarifications
  • A relational ecclesiology in the Third Millennium : what makes the Third Millennium different?
  • The historical starting point : ecclesiology from 1500 to the beginning of the Third Millennium
  • The philosophical starting point : relational being
  • The theological starting point : an infinitely free relational God
  • A relational theology of creation, incarnation, and the sending of the Spirit
  • A relational theology of the church for the Third Millennium.