Shaping the Church: The Promise of Implicit Theology

Martyn Percy

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2010 - Religion - 193 pages

This work alters the way that theologians, ecclesiologists, students of religion, and ministers look at the church. Taking the ideas of composition, formation and vocation as basic ecclesial categories, Percy explores how apparently innocent and incidental material is in fact significant for the shaping of theological horizons.

Contents

• SACRAMENTS SPIRITUAL LIFE: 15
• Continuity and Change: 35
• Churchgoing Culture and Contemporary: 49
• CHURCH THE NATURE OF THE BODY: 65
• Can there be Liberal Church Growth?: 81
• Some Possibilities: 95
• MINISTRY PRACTISING THEOLOGY: 111
• The Dynamics of Formation: 131
• Emotion and Anger in Ecclesial Polity: 143
• Shaping the Church: 159
• Select Bibliography: 177

About the author

Martyn Percy was Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon, from 20104-14. He is a Professor of Theological Education at King's College London and Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London. He writes on Christianity and contemporary culture, modern ecclesiology and practical theology. His recent books include Thirty-Nine Articles: An Anglican Landscape of Faith (Canterbury Press, 2013) and Anglicanism: Confidence, Commitment and Communion (Ashgate, 2013). He was recently described in the journal Theology as the British Theologian who is closest to being a 'missionary anthropologist'. In 2014, he was appointed Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Shaping the Church: The Promise of Implicit Theology; Explorations in practical; Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology
• Author: Martyn Percy
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2010
• ISBN: 0754666050, 9780754666059
• Length: 193 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Theology