Denomination : assessing an ecclesiological category /

The term denomination is now widely used to describe a Christian community or church. But what is a denomination'? In this highly creative collection of essays representatives of all major Christian traditions give an answer to this question. What does the term mean in their own tradition? And...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Collins, Paul M., Ensign-George, Barry A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : T & T Clark International : Continuum, 2011
Series:Ecclesiological investigations ; v. 11.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Denomination as ecclesiological category : sketching an assessment / Barry Ensign-George
  • Denomination : an Anglican appraisal / Paul Avis
  • The ecumenical dimensions of Baptist denominational identity / Steven R. Harmon
  • The Lutheran Church : church, confession, congregation, denomination / Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen
  • United Methodism : its identity as denomination / Russell E. Richey
  • Orthodoxy on denomination / Elena Vishnevskaya
  • The denomination in classical and global Pentecostal ecclesiology : a historical and theological contribution / Wolfgang Vondey
  • Denomination beyond the North Atlantic ecclesial world / Ann K. Riggs
  • Presbyterianism and denomination / Amy Plantinga Pauw
  • Is there a future for denominationalism? : reflections from the perspective of Roman Catholic ecclesiology and from the perspective of the future of the ecumenical movement / Peter De Mey
  • Afterword : denomination in global perspective / Kirsteen Kim.