Rethinking the Beloved Community
Ecclesiology, Hermeneutics, Social Theory
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-2-8254-1332-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Lewis Mudge is one of the most insightful interpreters of what it means to be the church today. He has stimulated ecumenical discussions in his own country, the USA, and internationally in ways that are quite exceptional within the academic community. The essays collected here show an experimental theology in the process of production. There is something prophetic about the explorations of Mudge. He anticipates in his writings the challenges which the churches and the ecumenical movement will be facing in the 21st century" (Konrad Raiser, former general secretary, WCC).
Reviews / Votes
"Lewis Mudge is one of the most insightful interpreters of what it means to be the church today. He has stimulated ecumenical discussions in his own country, the USA, and internationally in ways that are quite exceptional within the academic community. The essays collected here show an experimental theology in the process of production. They introduce the reader to a fascinating dialogue between theological reflection and evolving forms of social analysis and philosophical interpretation of the human reality. There is something prophetic about the explorations of Mudge. He anticipates in his writings the challenges which the churches and the ecumenical movement will be facing in the 21st century." -- Konrad Raiser, General Secretary, World Council of Churches.More details
Person
Lewis S Mudge is the Robert Leighton Stuart Professor of Theology Emeritus, and former Dean of the Faculty at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He continues to teach theology, ethics and ecumenics at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, USA.
Content
Contents Include: Searching for Faith's Social Reality; Jesus and the Struggle for the Real; Ecclesia as Counter-Consciousness; The Servant Lord and His Servant People; Paul Ricoeur on Biblical Interpretation; Church and Human Salvation: The Contemporary Dialogue; Thinking in the Community of Faith: Toward an Ecclesial Hermeneutic; Toward a Hermeneutic for Ecclesiogenesis; Faith, Ethics and Civil Society; Traditional Communities and the Good Society: The Search for a Public Philosophy; Remodelling the Household: Ecclesiology and Ethics After Harare; Moral Hospitality for Public Reasoners.