Faith Speaking Understanding and Hearers and Doers: A Pastor's Guide to Making Disciples Through Scripture and Doctrine

Hearers and Doers: A Pastor's Guide to Making Disciples Through Scripture and Doctrine

Faith Speaking Understanding

Name: Faith Speaking Understanding
Price: 26.88 GBP
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Author: Kevin J. Vanhoozer
ISBN: 9780664234485

Performing the Drama of Doctrine

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Paperback
200 pages
Publisher: Westminster John Knox
15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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In this volume, highly esteemed scholar Kevin Vanhoozer introduces readers to a way of thinking about Christian theology that takes the work he began in the groundbreaking 2005 book, The Drama of Doctrine, to its next level. Vanhoozer argues that theology is not merely a set of cognitive beliefs, but is also something we do that involves speech and action alike. He uses a theatrical model to explain the ways in which doctrine shapes Christian understanding and forms disciples. The church, Vanhoozer posits, is the preeminent theater where the gospel is "performed," with doctrine directing this performance. Doctrines are not simply truths to be stored, shelved, and stacked, but indications and directions to be followed, practiced, and enacted. In "performing" doctrine, Christians are shaped into active disciples of Jesus Christ. He goes on to examine the state of the church in today's world and explores how disciples can do or perform doctrine. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Faith Speaking Understanding sets forth a compelling vision of what the church is and what it should be doing, and demonstrates the importance of Christian doctrine for this mission.