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Product Identifiers
PublisherBrazos Press
ISBN-10158743377X
ISBN-139781587433771
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038463989
Product Key Features
Book TitleEnd of Protestantism : Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicChristianity / Protestant, Christian Church / History, Christian Church / General, Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
GenreReligion
AuthorPeter J. Leithart
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-022624
TitleLeadingThe
Table Of ContentContents 1. An Interim Ecclesiology Movement One: Church United 2. Evangelical Unity3. A Reformed Church4. The End of Protestantism Movement Two: Church Divided 5. The Case for Denominationalism6. The Case against Denominationalism7. Denominationalism's Dividing Walls Intermezzo 8. From Glory to Glory: The Pattern of History Movement Three: Divided Church Dissolving 9. The Restructuring of Global Christianity10. American Denominationalism and the Global Church11. American Denominationalism in the Twenty-First Century Movement Four: United Church Reborn 12. A Way Forward: From Present to FutureIndex
SynopsisThe Failure of Denominationalism and the Future of Christian Unity One of the unforeseen results of the Reformation was the shattering fragmentation of the church. Protestant tribalism was and continues to be a major hindrance to any solution to Christian division and its cultural effects. In this book, influential thinker Peter Leithart critiques American denominationalism in the context of global and historic Christianity, calls for an end to Protestant tribalism, and presents a vision for the future church that transcends post-Reformation divisions.Leithart offers pastors and churches a practical agenda, backed by theological arguments, for pursuing local unity now. Unity in the church will not be a matter of drawing all churches into a single, existing denomination, says Leithart. Returning to Catholicism or Orthodoxy is not the solution. But it is possible to move toward church unity without giving up our convictions about truth. This critique and defense of Protestantism urges readers to preserve and celebrate the central truths recovered in the Reformation while working to heal the wounds of the body of Christ., An influential Christian thinker offers pastors and churches a practical agenda, backed by theological arguments, for transcending post-Reformation divisions and pursuing local unity now.