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Bond of Peace

Exploring generous orthodoxy

Bond of Peace

Exploring generous orthodoxy

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Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281082834
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 19/08/2021
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Churches vary a great deal - but can we see past all their differences to what underlies them? 'Generous orthodoxy' is a phrase that describes a Christianity both broad and deep, rooted in the historic creeds and embracing different expressions of Christian faith. Exploring Generous Orthodoxy is a ground-breaking, creative and practical exploration of what that really means, and how expressing it might bring about a sense of unity in the church that is badly needed in our fractured and polarised world. Drawing together leading theologians from the UK and the USA - including David Ford, Katherine Sonderegger, Willie Jennings, Tom Greggs, JKA Smith and Jane Williams - this collection of reflections explores how generous orthodoxy can be expressed through everything from worship and preaching to biblical theology, the arts and more. Based around a series of lectures held at St Mellitus College, and sponsored by the McDonald Agape Foundation, Exploring Generous Orthodoxy is essential reading for anyone interested in how the Christian Church can bridge the gap between denominations to negotiate the challenges of our 21st century world in a united manner. It will leave you, not only with a deeper understanding of generous orthodoxy, but the practical confidence to celebrate and embrace the differences in Christian denominations so we can all live together more joyfully - through the transforming and renewing work of the Holy Spirit.
Contents List of contributors ix List of abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 Graham Tomlin 1 Jesus: Reliably surprising, generously orthodox 7 David F. Ford 2 Creeds: Boundaries or paths? 21 Jane Williams 3 The art of hope: Imagining another world in a world that breaks our hearts 33 James K. A. Smith 4 Christ’s mystery 48 Katherine Sonderegger 5 By the word worked: How a speaking God tells us who he is 62 Fleming Rutledge 6 Cosmic reconciliation in Christ as the basis for generous orthodoxy 76 Steve Smith 7 For God and for the world: A generously orthodox Church 89 Tom Greggs 8 Lessons from the mechanics of early orthodoxy 105 Simon Cuff 9 Liturgy, generosity and the mystery of worship in the Spirit: Towards a theology of worship 121 Michael J. Leyden 10 Devotional dogma and dogmatic worship 137 Lincoln Harvey 11 Remembering we were Gentiles: A generous orthodoxy from the margins 152 Willie James Jennings 12 Blessing the other: Jesus, Elijah, Elisha and generous orthodoxy 164 Mark Scarlata 13 Rooted and sent: Generous orthodoxy as an expression of God’s mission in the world today 177 Hannah Steele

Graham Tomlin

Graham Tomlin is Bishop of Kensington and President of St Mellitus College. Regarded as a theologian of the first rank, he has written and contributed to many books, most recently The Future of Brexit Britain (SPCK, 2020). His other volumes include Why Being Yourself is a Bad Idea (SPCK, 2020), Bound to be Free (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2017), The Widening Circle (SPCK, 2014) and The Provocative Church (SPCK, fourth edition, 2014).

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