Church and Covenant: Theological Resources for Divided Denominations
What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a “covenant” as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay instead r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2009
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Theology today
Year: 2009, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 449-461 |
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| Summary: | What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a “covenant” as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay instead recommends the idea of a divine covenant as the basis for the church. This is supported by an analysis of the idea of divine covenant in the ecclesiology of the former Netherlands Reformed Church. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360906500404 |