Craig Nessans important new work retrieves biblical metaphors of the body of Christ and, following Dietrich Bonhoeffer, sees church today as Christ existing as community. To theological probing Nessan then adds contextual analysis and describes the four chief imperatives that mark Christs presence in the world today: peacemaking, justice-making, care for creation, and engagement with the other. He then unfolds the real-life implications of this paradigm of Christian community for the local church structure, strategies for ...
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Craig Nessans important new work retrieves biblical metaphors of the body of Christ and, following Dietrich Bonhoeffer, sees church today as Christ existing as community. To theological probing Nessan then adds contextual analysis and describes the four chief imperatives that mark Christs presence in the world today: peacemaking, justice-making, care for creation, and engagement with the other. He then unfolds the real-life implications of this paradigm of Christian community for the local church structure, strategies for partnering, public witness, and interreligious engagement.
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