A Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium : A Franciscan Approach (Studies in Systematic Theology)

Osborne, Kenan B.

Brill Academic Pub（2010/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 442 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004176577
• DDC分類 262.02

Full Description

At the beginning of the new millennium, the Christian Churches are in a process of renewal. The Roman Catholic Church, since Vatican II, has been in a major stage of renewal. Contemporary globalization, multi-cultural interrelationships, and inter-religious dialogues have presented serious challenges to these renewal efforts. In this volume, I want to offer to the Catholic Renewal and from there to other denominational renewals, a view of the church from the rich tradition of Franciscan philosophy and theology. To date there are a only a few books which include small essays on this theme. This volume presents an in-depth Franciscan approach to ecclesiology.

Contents

Acknowledgements ... vii

Preface The Structure of this Volume ... ix

I. Introductory Clarifications ... 1

II. A Relational Ecclesiology in the Third Millennium: What Makes the Third Millennium Different? ... 19

III. The Historical Starting Point: Ecclesiology from 1500 to the Beginning of the Third Millennium .... 53

IV. The Philosophical Starting Point: Relational Being ... 129

V. The Theological Starting Point: An Infinitely Free Relational God ... 199

VI. A Relational Theology of Creation, Incarnation, and the Sending of the Spirit ... 283

VII. A Relational Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium ... 371

Bibliography ... 433

Subject Index ... 441