The Community of the Word: Toward an Evangelical EcclesiologyMark Husbands, Daniel J. Treier Do North American evangelicals have a clear and strong doctrine of the church? Can we generate one? In this volume, editors Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier bring together thirteen scholars and teachers to explore the history of evangelical ecclesiology and the continuing discussion regarding the nature of the church, the question of sacraments, the relation of church to society, and the church's moral character and missional witness. Contributors include William J. Abraham, Gary D. Badcock, Craig A. Carter, Ellen T. Charry, William A. Dyrness, Darrell L. Guder, D. G. Hart, Willie James Jennings, Dennis L. Okholm, James K. A. Smith, Allen Verhey, John Webster and Jonathan R. Wilson. |
Contents
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THE FUNDAMENTAL DISPENSATION | 41 |
Evangelical Ecclesiologies at | 63 |
LOCATING THE CHURCH DOGMATICALLY | 73 |
THE VISIBLE ATTESTS THE INVISIBLE | 96 |
THE CHURCH AS MISSIONAL COMMUNITY | 114 |
THE CHURCH AS SACRAMENTAL COMMUNITY? | 171 |
THE CHURCH AS SACRAMENT | 188 |
SACRAMENTAL ECCLESIOLOGY | 201 |
PART FIVE | 217 |
THE DESIRE OF THE CHURCH | 235 |
SPACES FOR AN EVANGELICAL ECCLESIOLOGY | 251 |
The Body of Christ the Bread of Heaven | 273 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 279 |
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