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John Calvin's Ecclesiology

Ecumenical Perspectives

John Calvin's Ecclesiology

Ecumenical Perspectives

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567081025
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 02/06/2011
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Many events were staged and a plethora of new books appeared to mark the quincentenary of the birth of John Calvin, in 2009. But one area received considerably less attention in that anniversary year - namely, Calvin's ecclesiology. This study explores the development and fundamental legacy of Calvin's perspectives on and relationship with the church. Contributions are included which explore the later development and denominational variations' of Calvin's ecclesiology, along with ecumenical discussions/responses to and implications of Calvin's understanding of the church. There are further chapters which focus on particular aspects such as Calvin's ecclesiological method, understanding of ministry, the sacramental' principle, the invisible church' etc. Contributions on the use of Calvin's ecclesiology by later and modern/contemporary ecclesiologists also feature. This is a volume that brings together leading and emerging theological voices from Europe, North America and Latino America and from across the different theological sub-disciplines. Significantly, it also a book from genuinely ecumenical perspectives, with writers from several different denominational traditions contributing.
Contents: Paul Avis: Foreword; 1. Eddy Van der Borght and Gerard Mannion: Calvin and the Church - Volume Introduction; 2. Amy Plantinga Pauw: Calvin's Practical Ecclesiology and the Question of Clerical Celibacy; 3. Rose Beal: John Calvin and the Three Offices of Christ: A Bridge for Protestant and Catholic Ecclesiology?; 4. John Halsey Wood: Making Calvin Modern: Abraham Kuyper's Vision for the Dutch Reformed Church; 5. Sandra Arenas: The 'Vestigia Ecclesiae' in the thought of Calvin and its 20th century reception.; 6. Stanley Maclean: Regnum Christi: Thomas Torrance's appropriation of Calvin's ecclesiology; 7. Joshua Ralston: For Calvin Preaching Makes the Church: Recovering a Missing Ecclesial Mark; 8. Roger Haight, S. J: John Calvin and Ignatius Loyola on an Ecclesial Spirituality of Social Engagement; 9. Alan Sell: Rectifying Calvin's ecclesiology: the doctrinal and ecumenical importance of Separatist-Congregational catholicity; 10. Gerard Mannion: The Society of Christ: The Ecumenical and Ethical Implications of Calvin's Incarnational Ecclesiology; 11. Eddy Van der Borght: Calvin's Ecclesiology Revisited: Seven Trends in the Research of Calvin's Ecclesiology.

Dr Gerard Mannion, Professor Eduardus Van der Borght

Gerard Mannion serves as Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations Research Network and is a Senior Research Fellow of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). Educated at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, he previously lectured at Church colleges of the universities of Oxford and Leeds and was Associate Professor of Ecclesiology and Ethics at the ecumenical university in Liverpool. A Senior Research Fellow of the Centro per le Scienze Religiose, Trento (Italy) in 2009, he is also a Visiting Professor of the University of Chichester, UK and (in 2010) of the University of Tubingen, Germany. His numerous books include Schopenhauer, Religion and Morality (2003), Ecclesiology and Postmodernity: Questions for the Church in Our Time (2007), The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church (2008, ed. with Lewis Mudge) and The Vision of John Paul II: Assessing his Thought and Influence, (ed. 2008). Eddy van der Borght holds the Desmond Tutu Chair and is also Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

'Much of John Calvin's life and work was dedicated to the upbuilding and unity of the Christian church in Geneva and elsewhere across Europe. Deriving from the quincentenary celebrations in 2009, these essays now provide us with a rich series of reflections on his ecclesiology. They offer a valuable point of reference for further work in this field.' - David Fergusson, Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College, University of Edinburgh.--Sanford Lakoff

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