Missional Congregations as Public Companions with God in Global Civil Society: Vocational Imagination and Spiritual Presence
This article explores the intersection of missional ecclesiology and civil society studies and proposes that the Holy Spirit is calling emerging missional congregations to the vocation of public companions with God in global civil society. This congregational vocation of public companion entails fou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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Dialog
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-150 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KDD Protestant Church NBN Ecclesiology RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Civil Society
B Public Church B Trinity B Public Theology B Congregational Studies B Missional Church B Vocation |
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| Summary: | This article explores the intersection of missional ecclesiology and civil society studies and proposes that the Holy Spirit is calling emerging missional congregations to the vocation of public companions with God in global civil society. This congregational vocation of public companion entails four dimensions of missional congregations spiritual presence within civil society: perichoretic communion, prophetic speech, sapiential wisdom, and pacific action. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12169 |