LEADER 04920nam 2200541z- 450 001 9910619476703321 005 20221026 010 $a9781928424710 010 $a1928424716 035 $a(CKB)4100000011809083 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93320 035 $a(Perlego)3511890 035 $a(oapen)doab93320 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011809083 100 $a20220518d2020 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aChurches in the mirror$eDeveloping contemporary ecclesiologies 210 $aBloemfontein$cUJ Press$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (308 p.) 225 1 $aTheological Explorations 311 08$a9781928424703 311 08$a1928424708 327 $gPart 1.$tTheoretical framework --$gChapter 1.$tThe local church and the quality narrative identity of ecclesiology in a Ricoeurian perspective /$rD. Praas, C.A.M. Hermans and M. Scherer-Rath --$gChapter 2.$tMissional ecclesiology "after Barth"? /$rM. Laubscher --$gChapter 3.$tThe "Jesus walk" as a normative paradigm for the church: the missio Christi in Mark /$rS. Joubert --$gChapter 4.$tEcclesiologies of congregations in informal settlements: an evaluation /$rP. Verster --$gChapter 5.$tDeveloping contemporary ecclesiologies /$rW.J. Schoeman --$gPart 2.$tEmpirical framework --$gChapter 6.$tAn empirical exploration of the missional ecclesiology of congregations in the Dutch Reformed Church /$rW.J. Schoeman --$gChapter 7.$tFrom maintenance to mission? Maintaining mission: towards an integrated approach /$rI.A. Nell --$gChapter 8.$tThe South African Church Life Survey 2014: an exploration of congregational health /$rW.J. Schoeman --$gChapter 9.$tAn investigation into the connection between faith convictions and community involvement in eight congregations in the Johannesburg/Tshwane conurbation /$rA.R. Tucker --$gChapter 10.$tEcclesiology and congregational life: congregations of the SDAC in the Free State /$rM.T.S. Venter and W.J. Schoeman --$gChapter 11.$tMarkers for a contemporary ecclesiology: an African denominational perspective /$rJ.K. Pali and W.J. Schoeman --$gChapter 12.$tThe Ebenhaeser congregation and community: appreciating its history to build a new identity /$rM. Maritz and W.J. Schoeman --$gPart 3.$tInnovative faith communities --$gChapter 13.$tDeveloping innovative missional congregations anchored in a Trinitarian theology in a Southern African denomination: a case study /$rA.R. Tucker 330 $aEcclesiology is the study of the church and has two focal points; the one is the historical and doctrinal perspective on the church, and the other is the church as situated in a local context in the sense of the local practices of actual congregations. The ecclesiology or, more correctly, the ecclesiologies of this volume mainly focuses on the second aspect, i.e., understanding the local congregation or parish as a community of believers. A congregation may firstly be described by posing a theological question: What is the local missional church or congregation all about? This question may be answered from different perspectives, but it remains essential to answer it from a theological perspective. The first five chapters in this book focus mainly on a theological understanding of the congregation. This is done from different disciplines within the study field of theology. Congregations are, secondly, social realities and should be described and analysed through an analytical or empirical lens, or, to answer the question attached to the first empirical-descriptive task of practical theology, "What is going on?". The remaining chapters use a quantitative and qualitative lens and give an empirical analysis of the congregation. The intention is to critically reflect on the church and congregations' ecclesiology from a theological and analytical perspective with an emphasis on the South African context. It wants to map markers for the development of contemporary ecclesiologies, and the different chapters are meant as mirrors to look in and reflect on the theological and contextual relevance of denominations and congregations in South Africa. 517 $aChurches in the mirror 606 $aChristian Churches & denominations$2bicssc 606 $aChristianity$2bicssc 610 $achurch 610 $acongregations 610 $adenominational perspective 610 $aDutch Reformed Church 610 $aecclesiology 610 $afaith communities 610 $amissio dei 610 $aspiritual 610 $athe Jesus walk 610 $atheology 615 7$aChristian Churches & denominations 615 7$aChristianity 702 $aSchoeman$b Kobus 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910619476703321 996 $aChurches in the mirror$93036935 997 $aUNINA