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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463665803321

Autore

Radner Ephraim <1956->

Titolo

A brutal unity [[electronic resource] ] : the spiritual politics of the Christian church / / Ephraim Radner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-62739-6

9786613939845

1-60258-631-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (489 p.)

Disciplina

262/.72

Soggetti

Church - Unity

Church polity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Religious violence and Christian blasphemy -- Postscript: the tears of Peter -- Division is murder -- Postscript: Judas the Apostle -- The sins of the church -- Postscript: loving Jerusalem -- The conciliar ideal -- Postscript: the way together -- The limits of consensus -- Postscript: the first council -- The procedural quest for unity and its obstacles -- Postscript: the prophetic contest -- Conscience and its limits -- Postscript: the crucifixion of conscience -- Multiple consciences and the rise of solidarity -- Postscript: a figural phenomenology of the church -- The unity of sacrifice.

Sommario/riassunto

Conflict, tension, and the paradox of Christian oneness