The Meaning of Singleness : Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church

Treweek, Danielle/ Callaway, Kutter (FRW)

IVP Academic（2023/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781514004852
• DDC分類 248.808652

Full Description

Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises?
Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, Ælfric of Eynsham, John Paul II, and Stanley Hauerwas, she contends not only that singleness has served an important role throughout the church's history, but that single Christians present the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people.
Far from being a burden, then, Christian singleness is among the highest vocations of the faith.

Contents

Foreword by Kutter Callaway

Preface

Introduction: Setting the Scene



Part One: The Context of Singleness


1. Singleness in Society

2. Singleness in the Church



Part Two: The Diagnosis of Singleness


3. The Character of Christian Singleness

4. The Value and Belonging of Christian Singleness



Part Three: The Retrieval of Singleness


5. Retrieving Singleness in Church History

6. Retrieving Singleness in Biblical Exegesis

7. Retrieving Singleness in Christian Theology



Part Four: The Meaning of Singleness


8. Telling the Time

9. Making the Meaning

10. Continuing the Conversation



Bibliography

General Index

Scripture Index