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Christian Community in History

Historical Ecclesiology

  • Paperback
  • 464 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.4 cm

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For those seeking a deeper church history understanding.

"Christian Community in History" clarifies church roots.

You’ll gain insight into faith's journey through time.

Explore the rich history of the church with Roger D. Haight's insightful book that reveals how Christian communities have understood themselves through the ages.

Drawing upon the methodology developed in his Dynamics of Theology (1990) and exemplified in Jesus Symbol of God (1999), Roger Haight, in this magisterial work, achieves what he calls an historical ecclesiology, or ecclesiology from below. In contrast to traditional ecclesiology from above, which is abstract, idealist, and ahistorical, ecclesiology from below is concrete, realist, and historically conscious. In this first of two volumes, Haight charts the history of the church's self-understandings from the origins of the church in the Jesus movement to the late Middle Ages. In volume 2 Haight develops a comparative ecclesiology based on the history and diverse theologies of the worldwide Christian movement from the Reformation to the present. While the ultimate focus of the work falls on the structure of the church and its theological self-understanding, it tries to be faithful to the historical, social, and political reality of the church in each period.
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  • Title

    Christian Community in History

  • Author

    Rev Prof Roger D. Haight

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    June 2014

  • Weight

    420g

  • Page Count

    464

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567231543

  • ISBN-10

    0567231542

  • Eden Code

    4251747

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