Towards the Prophetic Church
A Study of Christian Mission
1st Edition
Published on 24. September 2014
228 pages
978-0-334-05236-4 (ISBN)
Description
Thirty years ago John Hull wrote "What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning?". This new book asks "What Prevents Christian Adults from Acting?" How has it come about that the Church appears to be so preoccupied with itself? What happened to the quest for the social justice of the Kingdom of God?
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Introduction Prophetic Theology in the Church Today
- Part 1 The Origins of the Prophetic Church
- The Prophets of Ancient Israel: Developments and Difficulties
- The Prophets of Ancient Israel: Their Message for Today
- Jesus Christ as Prophet
- Part 2 The Betrayal of the Prophetic Church
- The Christian Crusades of the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries
- Prophetic Theology and Imperialism: The Colonial Sermons of the Early Seventeenth Century
- Imperialism Replacing Prophetic Theology: The Hymns of Isaac Watts
- Mission on the Edges of Christianity: Three Conversations
- Part 3 The Recovery of the Prophetic Church
- Prophetic Theology from Martin Luther to Max Weber
- The Prophetic Theology of Paul Tillich
- The Prophetic Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr
- Part 4 Towards the Prophetic Church
- A Theory of Theological Development from the Perspective of Western Christian Faith
- Towards a Theology of Prophetic Action
- Theological Education for a Prophetic Church
- Appendix 1 Criteria for Prophetic Action
- Appendix 2 Annotated Bibliography for Chapter 3
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Names and Subjects
