Power and the Church
Ecclesiology in an Age of Transition
Power and the Church
Ecclesiology in an Age of Transition
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780304701056
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 01/03/1998
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
Employing insights from theology, sociology and political science, this text considers the question of power within the Church, which is thought to provide the key to unlocking core dilemmas in the Church's self-understanding, and to point towards a relevant ecclesiology for the 21st century. The book shows how different denominations handle power in different ways, exposes the misuse of power in fundamentalist and new religious movements, and argues that these movements highlight problems of power elsewhere within the Church.
Some models of power; the healing benediction; wisdom and weakness in ministerial formation; fundamentalism and power; an anatomy of violence in established and new religious movements; theories of exchange for the "Toronto Blessing"; bureaucratic ideology in established religion, erotic ideology in experimental religion; things fall apart I - experimental religion and the presence of sexuality; things fall apart II - experimental religion and the absence of theology; the future of the power of God in a post-foundational world.
"Power in religious institutions is as inevitable and ubiquitous as anywhere else. Percy examines its occasions both in the main stream churches and the proliferating charismatic movement he is a fresh voice eminently worth serious attention." Church Growth Digest, Summer 2001
