House Where God Lives: Renewing the Doctrine of the Church for Today Contributor(s): Badcock, Gary D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802845827 ISBN-13: 9780802845825 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $33.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ecclesiology |
Dewey: 262.7 |
LCCN: 2009015431 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 378 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In a culture dominated by the individualistic values of political and social liberalism, Gary Badcock says that we seldom hear of the church as the "creature of the Word of God." The church has been entrusted to us by God and belongs to the structure of the Christian faith itself. Ecclesiology is first of all theology because it is primarily about the presence of God, Badcock maintains, and is thus biblical and creedal ("one, holy, catholic, and apostolic") -- something that "we believe" -- which is what undergirds its empirical, sociological, and even pastoral function. Rather than a hollow shell where humans dream moral dreams and do good deeds, the church is the "house where God lives." |
Contributor Bio(s): Badcock, Gary D.: - Professor of Theology at Huron College in London, Ontario, Canada. |