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Shaping the Church

The Promise of Implicit Theology

by Martyn Percy

  • Hardback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

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This book seeks to dynamically alter the way that theologians, ecclesiologists, students of religion and ministers look at the church. Taking the ideas of composition, formation and vocation as basic ecclesial categories, Martyn Percy explores how apparently innocent and incidental material is in fact highly significant for the shaping of theological and ecclesiological horizons. The Introduction sets the tone, with a meditation on how the apparently ordinary scent of a country church can be redolent with meaning, setting the tone of expectation in relation to subsequent worship. This book is not, however, simply about reading meanings into events, ideas, conversations and contexts. Rather, it sets out to faithfully interpret much of the material that surrounds us, yet is often taken for granted, or more usually unnoticed. The book is an invitation to involve the scholar or minister, paying close and patient attention to beliefs, language, artefacts, rituals, practices and other material - all of which are constitutive for ecclesial life and theological identity.
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  • Author

    Martyn Percy

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Ashgate Publishing Group

  • Published

    August 2010

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    468g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780754666004

  • ISBN-10

    075466600X

  • Eden Code

    3666067

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