Religion and community / Keith Ward.
2000
201.7 W259r 2000
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Title
Religion and community / Keith Ward.
Author
ISBN
019875258X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780198752585 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0198752598 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780198752592 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780198752585 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0198752598 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780198752592 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Language
English
Description
366 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
201.7 W259r 2000
System Control No.
(OCoLC)42002665
(OCoLC)42002665
(OCoLC)42002665
Summary
Explores the relationship between religion and society, and discusses the ways in which the major world religions need to adapt to the modern world. Keith Ward looks at different forms of religious community, then proposes a radical vision of the church as a person-affirming, world-transforming society within the emerging global community.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Part I. Religious Communities in the World
1. Judaism and the Nation of Israel
2. Islam and the Universal Umma
3. Buddhism and the Sangha
4. Hinduism and the Sampradaya
5. The Secular State
Part II. The Church as a Spiritual Community
6. The Church as a Teaching Community
7. The Church as a Charismatic Community
8. The Church as a Sacramental Community
9. The Church as a Moral Community
Part III. The Church in Historical Perspective
10. Orthodox and Catholic Traditions
11. The Reformed Tradition
12. The Post-Enlightenment Tradition
13. The Meaning of History
14. Christian Theology in a Comparative Context.
Part I. Religious Communities in the World
1. Judaism and the Nation of Israel
2. Islam and the Universal Umma
3. Buddhism and the Sangha
4. Hinduism and the Sampradaya
5. The Secular State
Part II. The Church as a Spiritual Community
6. The Church as a Teaching Community
7. The Church as a Charismatic Community
8. The Church as a Sacramental Community
9. The Church as a Moral Community
Part III. The Church in Historical Perspective
10. Orthodox and Catholic Traditions
11. The Reformed Tradition
12. The Post-Enlightenment Tradition
13. The Meaning of History
14. Christian Theology in a Comparative Context.
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