A Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium

A Franciscan Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17657-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 883 g

Reihe: Studies in Systematic Theology

At the beginning of the new millennium, the Christian Churches are in a process of renewal. The Roman Catholic Church, since Vatican II, has been in a major stage of renewal. Contemporary globalization, multi-cultural interrelationships, and inter-religious dialogues have presented serious challenges to these renewal efforts. In this volume, I want to offer to the Catholic Renewal and from there to other denominational renewals, a view of the church from the rich tradition of Franciscan philosophy and theology. To date there are a only a few books which include small essays on this theme. This volume presents an in-depth Franciscan approach to ecclesiology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osborne, Kenan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. vii

Preface The Structure of this Volume. ix

I. Introductory Clarifications. 1

II. A Relational Ecclesiology in the Third Millennium: What Makes the Third Millennium Different?. 19

III. The Historical Starting Point: Ecclesiology from 1500 to the Beginning of the Third Millennium. 53

IV. The Philosophical Starting Point: Relational Being. 129

V. The Theological Starting Point: An Infinitely Free Relational God. 199

VI. A Relational Theology of Creation, Incarnation, and the Sending of the Spirit. 283

VII. A Relational Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium. 371

Bibliography. 433

Subject Index. 441

Über Autor(innen)

Kenan B. Osborne, ofm, D. Theol. (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Munich, 1967) has been a Professor of Systematic Theology at the Graduate Theological Union - Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, California, since 1968. He has published extensively on sacraments and church ministry.