Church, community and power /
In the era of 'post-Christendom', how can church as a sociological reality be switched on to the destructive dangers, yet constructive possibilities, of 'power' flowing in and around its community? Attuned to the current distrust of church power, this book creatively works out re...
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| Language: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey, UK :
Ashgate,
©2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : church as community in the presence of power
- Church as a koinonia : the fellowship of the way
- The contested concept : what is power?
- Church and the environment of power
- Power relations and church
- Strategies, church, and freedom
- Spirit, power, and weakness
- Power, authority, and community
- Twin problems on power and church
- Conclusions : power in the future of koinonia community.