The church according to Paul : rediscovering the community conformed to Christ /

The church according to Paul : rediscovering the community conformed to Christ /

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Author / Creator:Thompson, James W. (James Weldon), 1942-
Imprint:Grand Rapid, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2014]
Description:xiii, 289 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Bible. -- Epistles of Paul -- Theology.
Bible. -- Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Epistles of Paul.
Church -- Biblical teaching.
Church -- Biblical teaching.
Theology.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13198490
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ISBN:9780801048821
0801048826
9781441221308
1441221301
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:Amid conflicting ideas about what the church should be and do in a post-Christian climate, the missing voice is that of Paul. The New Testament's most prolific church planter, Paul faced diverse challenges as he worked to form congregations. Leading biblical scholar James Thompson examines Paul's ministry of planting and nurturing churches in the pre-Christian world to offer guidance for the contemporary church. The church today, as then, must define itself and its mission among people who have been shaped by other experiences of community. Thompson shows that Paul offers an unprecedented vision of the community that is being conformed to the image of Christ. He also addresses contemporary (mis)understandings of words like missional, megachurch, and formation.

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