Limit this search to....

Models of the Church Expanded Edition
Contributor(s): Dulles, Avery (Author)
ISBN: 0385133685     ISBN-13: 9780385133685
Publisher: Image
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1991
Qty:
Annotation: One of America's leading theologians defines the basic functions of the Church, assesses its mission on Earth, and explores its many different roles in the lives of believers.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Ecclesiology
- Religion | Christian Church - General
Dewey: 262.7
LCCN: 77011246
Series: Image Classic
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.58" W x 8.25" (0.70 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Catholic
- Theometrics - Mainline
- Religious Orientation - Catholic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

There is today a dramatic reexamination of structure, authority, dogma -- indeed, every aspect of the life of the Church is held up to scrutiny. Welcoming this as a sign of vitality, Avery Dulles has carefully studied the writings of contemporary Protestant and Catholic ecclesiologists and sifted out six major approaches, or models, through which the Church's character can be understood: as Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald, Servant, and, in a recent addition to the book, as Community of Disciples. A balanced theology, he concludes, must incorporate the major affirmations of each. The method of models or types, observes Cardinal Dulles, can have great value in helping people to get beyond the limitations of their own particular outlook and to enter into fruitful conversation with others... Such conversation is obviously essential if ecumenism is to get beyond its present impasses.

This new edition includes a new Appendix and Preface by the author.