Rethinking Christian identity : doctrine and discipleship / Medi Ann Volpe.
By: Volpe, Medi Ann
Material type: TextSeries: Challenges in contemporary theology: Publisher: Malden, MA : J. Wiley, 2013Description: x, 263 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405195119 (cloth); 1405195118 (cloth)Subject(s): Identification (Religion) | Christianity -- 21st century | 2000 - 2099LOC classification: BV4509.5 | .V655 2013Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-253) and index.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 West | BV4509.5 .V655 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903567101 |
Based on the author's doctoral thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-253) and index.
Recent decades have seen major shifts in our understanding of Christian identity. Volpe explores contemporary theological theory in asking what makes a Christian in the twenty-first century.
Introduction: Rethinking Christian identity -- Between the postliberal and the postmodern: "True discipleship" as cultural style -- Stories of identity Rowan Williams on being a Christian -- "It is no longer I who live": receiving the identity of Christ -- The body's reason: Gregory and Macrina on the soul -- The nature of doctrine revisited: Gregory of Nyssa on the formation of Christian imagination -- Doctrine, discipleship, and Christian identity.