Church and religious 'other' / / edited by Gerard Mannion

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820452303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-86784-9; 9786612867842; 0-567-04726-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Collana: Ecclesiological investigations ; ; v. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): MannionGerard <1970->
• Disciplina: 262
• Soggetti: Church
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Ecclesiological Investigation: A New International Research Network; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword: Church: The Distinctive and Definitive Idea of Christianity; Introduction: Church and the Grace of Otherness: Exploring Questions of Truth, Unity and Diversity; Part I. Ecumenical and Pluralist Contexts and Questions; Part II. Church, Inclusivity and Diversity; Part III. Constructive Explorations for the Future; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume brings together the prestigious speakers at the inaugural Church in Our Times Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope, throughout the first 4 months of 2006, and invited contributors from and addressing wider international contexts - Africa, Sri Lanka, India and the United States. The volume explores themes such as questions of ecclesial and religious identity in these post-modern times, the advent of neo-exclusivism, divisions within the contemporary Roman Catholic and Anglicans churches, inter-faith relations and dialogue, questions of sexuality and Christian ministry, contemporary unde