Research Catalog

Title

Churches in the mirror : developing contemporary ecclesiologies / W.J. Schoeman, editor.

Publication

• Bloemfontein, South Africa : Sunbonani Scholar, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Schoeman, Kobus
• University of the Free State, issuing body.

Description

xvii, 289 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

"Ecclesiology is the study of the church and has two focal points; the one is the historical and doctrinal perspective on the church, and the other is the church as situated in a local context in the sense of the local practices of actual congregations. The ecclesiology or, more correctly, the ecclesiologies of this volume mainly focuses on the second aspect, i.e., understanding the local congregation or parish as a community of believers. A congregation may firstly be described by posing a theological question: What is the local missional church or congregation all about? This question may be answered from different perspectives, but it remains essential to answer it from a theological perspective. The first five chapters in this book focus mainly on a theological understanding of the congregation. This is done from different disciplines within the study field of theology. Congregations are, secondly, social realities and should be described and analysed through an analytical or empirical lens, or, to answer the question attached to the first empirical-descriptive task of practical theology, "What is going on?". The remaining chapters use a quantitative and qualitative lens and give an empirical analysis of the congregation. The intention is to critically reflect on the church and congregations' ecclesiology from a theological and analytical perspective with an emphasis on the South African context. It wants to map markers for the development of contemporary ecclesiologies, and the different chapters are meant as mirrors to look in and reflect on the theological and contextual relevance of denominations and congregations in South Africa"--

Series Statement

University of the Free State theological explorations ; volume 4

Uniform Title

University of the Free State theological explorations ; v. 4.

Subject

• Religious gatherings > South Africa
• Church
• Mission of the church > South Africa
• Christianity > South Africa
• Congregational churches
• Mission of the church
• Religious gatherings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index.

Contents

Part 1. Theoretical framework -- Chapter 1. The local church and the quality narrative identity of ecclesiology in a Ricoeurian perspective / D. Praas, C.A.M. Hermans, M. Scherer-Rath -- Chapter 2. Missional ecclesiology "after Barth"? / M. Laubscher -- Chapter 3. The "Jesus walk" as a normative paradigm for the church: the missio Christi in Mark / S. Joubert -- Chapter 4. Ecclesiologies of congregations in informal settlements: an evaluation / P. Verster -- Chapter 5. Developing contemporary ecclesiologies / W.J. Schoeman -- Part 2. Empirical framework -- Chapter 6. An empirical exploration of the missional ecclesiology of congregations in the Dutch Reformed Church / W.J. Schoeman -- Chapter 7. From maintenance to mission? Maintaining mission: towards an integrated approach / I.A. Nell -- Chapter 8. The South African Church Life Survey 2014 : an exploration of congregational health / W.J. Schoeman -- Chapter 9. An investigation into the connection between faith convictions and community involvement in eight congregations in the Johannesburg/Tshwane conurbation / A.R. Tucker -- Chapter 10. Ecclesiology and congregational life : congregations of the SDAC in the Free State / M.T.S. Venter, W.J. Schoeman -- Chapter 11. Markers for a contemporary ecclesiology : an African denominational perspective / J.K. Pali, W.J. Schoeman -- Chapter 12. The Ebenhaeser congregation and community : appreciating its history to build a new identity / M. Maritz, W.J. Schoeman -- Part 3. Innovative faith communities -- Chapter 13. Developing innovative missional congregations anchored in a Trinitarian theology in a Southern African denomination : a case study / A.R. Tucker

Call Number

ReCAP 22-10539

ISBN

• 9781928424703
• 1928424708

OCLC

1304835359

Title

Churches in the mirror : developing contemporary ecclesiologies / W.J. Schoeman, editor.

Publisher

Bloemfontein, South Africa : Sunbonani Scholar, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

University of the Free State theological explorations ; volume 4

University of the Free State theological explorations ; v. 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index.

Added Author

Schoeman, Kobus, editor.

University of the Free State, issuing body.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 22-10539