| Attending to the Wounds on Christ's Body: Teresa's Scriptural Vision Contributor(s): Newman, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0227174038 ISBN-13: 9780227174036 Publisher: James Clarke Company OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - History - Religion | Theology - Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth |
| Dewey: 282.092 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
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| Publisher Description: The disunity of the church is a social and theological scandal for it betrays the prayer of Jesus that we 'will be one . . . so that the world will believe' (John 17:21). As a Baptist whose academic background focused on the Orthodox Church and whose teaching has included Catholic and Protestant contexts, this division is for Elizabeth Newman personal and professional. Attending to the Wounds on Christ's Body rests on the conviction that the broad tradition of Christianity already contains resources to heal the church, namely the saints of the church. Newman examines especially how Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) speaks to the whole church today in the midst of political, economic, and ecclesial brokenness. Teresa's reliance upon three scriptural figures -- dwellings, marriage, and pilgrimage-- helps make sense of an ecclesial way of life that is inherently unitive, a unity that stands in contrast to that of the nation-state or the global market. Teresa's scriptural journey offers an alternative at once liturgical, political, and economic. This Doctor of the Church provides |
Contributor Bio(s): Newman, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Newman is Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. She is the author of 'Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers'(2007). |