Research Catalog

Title

The church faces death : ecclesiology in a post-modern context / Michael Jinkins.

Author

Jinkins, Michael, 1953-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Details

Description

x, 141 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"The Church Faces Death, through a lively conversation with thinkers as diverse as Jacques Derrida, Karl Barth, Vaclav Havel, Rebecca Chopp, and John of Damascus, seeks to understand the relationship between the Church's identity, its responsibility, and its unique vocation in the world. Using the decline in membership in mainline Protestant denominations as an occasion for critical theological reflection, Michael Jinkins contends that a fear of death pervades the Protestant churches in North America and Western Europe. This anxiety, he says, lies at the heart of a loss of identity and responsibility that makes it virtually impossible for the church to see its future. Jinkins puts forth a new ecclesiology that challenges the church both to rediscover itself and to follow Jesus Christ - even at the risk of its institutional survival."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Church
• Ekklesiologie
• Ecclesiologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135) and index.

Contents

The church faces death: ecclesiology in search of identity and responsibility -- De-scribing church: ecclesiology in semiotic dialogue -- Taxonomies: paradox, plurality, and the enduring genius of church -- Speaking of church: what does it mean when we use the word "church"? -- Confessions: a preface to ecclesiology.

ISBN

• 0195128400
• 9780195128406

LCCN

98036522

OCLC

• ocm39615218
• 39615218
• SCSB-861348

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library