Not often that the publisher’s blurb is worth quoting as a good working theological definition. How about this from the blurb on a new book on holiness and ecclesiology? As a definition of what the church is for, and Who it is for, it is as succinctly to the point as any other I know.
‘…..to stimulate churches to imagine anew what it might mean to be a publicly identifiable people who embody God’s very character in their particular social setting.’
The book is announced by Eerdmans in their Fall catalogue – which has far too many good books forthcoming. I feel waves of temptation which are going to have to be resisted…..mostly.
Tomorrow I will post some further reflections on the community theologian’s role in a theological community.
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