Tilling the Church : Theology for an Unfinished Project

Lennan, Richard

Liturgical Press（2022/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780814667439
• DDC分類 262.02

Full Description

Tilling the Church is a theology for the pilgrim church. In this book, Richard Lennan shows how the ecclesial community looks toward the fullness of God's reign but lives within the flux of history, the site of its relationship to the trinitarian God. In this way, God's grace "tills" the church, constantly refreshing the tradition of faith and prompting the discipleship that embodies the gospel. Tilling the Church explores the possibilities for a more faithful, just, and creative church, one responsive to the movement of grace. Fruitful engagement with grace requires the church's conversion, the ongoing formation of a community whose words and actions reflect the hope that grace engenders.

Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction  xi
1. The Church as Project  1
2. Symbolizing Grace  39
3. The Pilgrim Community of Faith and Hope  81
4. Engaging the Graced World  123
5. The Future-Oriented Past  163
6. The Art of Faithfulness  207
Conclusion  251
Index  257