"This volume is a collection of essays offering a response to the Montreal Declaration. It furnishes a critique that is thoughtful and tempered, potent and vigorous. The several authors often reveal an appreciation for the theological conversation that has been developing out of the Declaration -- in fact, they have been profoundly absorbed in that conversation. However, when they examine some of the specifics of the Declaration, they find themselves severely wanting as an expression of Anglicanism or, indeed, of the fullness of the Christian faith" -- Foreword.
Contents: Foreword / Michael G. Peers -- Introduction: Recovering authenticity in Anglican faith and practice / John Simons -- Feminism and the Church : challenge and grace / Susan L. Storey -- Naming and glorifying the Trinity : a response to the Declaration's stricture / John Simons -- Towards a Biblical church : a plea for accountability in the way we use scripture / Paul Jennings -- The Word of God and "God's word written" : the Montreal Declaration on the authority of scriptures / Stephen Reynolds -- Humanity is one and history is one : Anglican social thought and the Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials / Terry Brown -- Faithfulness and change : moments of discontinuity in the Church's teaching / Gregory Baum -- Reflections on the "Anglican Ethos" : the dialogical middle way / Eileen Scully -- Study Guide / Paul Jennings -- Appendix : The Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials -- Contributors.
"This volume is a collection of essays offering a response to the Montreal Declaration. It furnishes a critique that is thoughtful and tempered, potent and vigorous. The several authors often reveal an appreciation for the theological conversation that has been developing out of the Declaration -- in fact, they have been profoundly absorbed in that conversation. However, when they examine some of the specifics of the Declaration, they find themselves severely wanting as an expression of Anglicanism or, indeed, of the fullness of the Christian faith" -- Foreword.
Contents: Foreword / Michael G. Peers -- Introduction: Recovering authenticity in Anglican faith and practice / John Simons -- Feminism and the Church : challenge and grace / Susan L. Storey -- Naming and glorifying the Trinity : a response to the Declaration's stricture / John Simons -- Towards a Biblical church : a plea for accountability in the way we use scripture / Paul Jennings -- The Word of God and "God's word written" : the Montreal Declaration on the authority of scriptures / Stephen Reynolds -- Humanity is one and history is one : Anglican social thought and the Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials / Terry Brown -- Faithfulness and change : moments of discontinuity in the Church's teaching / Gregory Baum -- Reflections on the "Anglican Ethos" : the dialogical middle way / Eileen Scully -- Study Guide / Paul Jennings -- Appendix : The Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials -- Contributors.
"This volume is a collection of essays offering a response to the Montreal Declaration. It furnishes a critique that is thoughtful and tempered, potent and vigorous. The several authors often reveal an appreciation for the theological conversation that has been developing out of the Declaration -- in fact, they have been profoundly absorbed in that conversation. However, when they examine some of the specifics of the Declaration, they find themselves severely wanting as an expression of Anglicanism or, indeed, of the fullness of the Christian faith" -- Foreword.
Contents: Foreword / Michael G. Peers -- Introduction: Recovering authenticity in Anglican faith and practice / John Simons -- Feminism and the Church : challenge and grace / Susan L. Storey -- Naming and glorifying the Trinity : a response to the Declaration's stricture / John Simons -- Towards a Biblical church : a plea for accountability in the way we use scripture / Paul Jennings -- The Word of God and "God's word written" : the Montreal Declaration on the authority of scriptures / Stephen Reynolds -- Humanity is one and history is one : Anglican social thought and the Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials / Terry Brown -- Faithfulness and change : moments of discontinuity in the Church's teaching / Gregory Baum -- Reflections on the "Anglican Ethos" : the dialogical middle way / Eileen Scully -- Study Guide / Paul Jennings -- Appendix : The Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials -- Contributors.
"This volume is a collection of essays offering a response to the Montreal Declaration. It furnishes a critique that is thoughtful and tempered, potent and vigorous. The several authors often reveal an appreciation for the theological conversation that has been developing out of the Declaration -- in fact, they have been profoundly absorbed in that conversation. However, when they examine some of the specifics of the Declaration, they find themselves severely wanting as an expression of Anglicanism or, indeed, of the fullness of the Christian faith" -- Foreword.
Contents: Foreword / Michael G. Peers -- Introduction: Recovering authenticity in Anglican faith and practice / John Simons -- Feminism and the Church : challenge and grace / Susan L. Storey -- Naming and glorifying the Trinity : a response to the Declaration's stricture / John Simons -- Towards a Biblical church : a plea for accountability in the way we use scripture / Paul Jennings -- The Word of God and "God's word written" : the Montreal Declaration on the authority of scriptures / Stephen Reynolds -- Humanity is one and history is one : Anglican social thought and the Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials / Terry Brown -- Faithfulness and change : moments of discontinuity in the Church's teaching / Gregory Baum -- Reflections on the "Anglican Ethos" : the dialogical middle way / Eileen Scully -- Study Guide / Paul Jennings -- Appendix : The Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials -- Contributors.
"This volume is a collection of essays offering a response to the Montreal Declaration. It furnishes a critique that is thoughtful and tempered, potent and vigorous. The several authors often reveal an appreciation for the theological conversation that has been developing out of the Declaration -- in fact, they have been profoundly absorbed in that conversation. However, when they examine some of the specifics of the Declaration, they find themselves severely wanting as an expression of Anglicanism or, indeed, of the fullness of the Christian faith" -- Foreword.
Contents: Foreword / Michael G. Peers -- Introduction: Recovering authenticity in Anglican faith and practice / John Simons -- Feminism and the Church : challenge and grace / Susan L. Storey -- Naming and glorifying the Trinity : a response to the Declaration's stricture / John Simons -- Towards a Biblical church : a plea for accountability in the way we use scripture / Paul Jennings -- The Word of God and "God's word written" : the Montreal Declaration on the authority of scriptures / Stephen Reynolds -- Humanity is one and history is one : Anglican social thought and the Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials / Terry Brown -- Faithfulness and change : moments of discontinuity in the Church's teaching / Gregory Baum -- Reflections on the "Anglican Ethos" : the dialogical middle way / Eileen Scully -- Study Guide / Paul Jennings -- Appendix : The Montreal Declaration of Anglican Essentials -- Contributors.
In this volume the author "introduces us to the world of the early church. Beginning with the Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures in which the first followers of Jesus lived and worshipped, she explores the development of the church's theology, worship, leadership, and moral life during the first six centuries. How did a small group of believers on the margins of Judaism emerge as the established religion of the Roman Empire ? It is this story of religious fervour, theological controversy, and persecution that shaped the church of Christendom in the middle ages and established apostolic tradition" -- back cover.
Contents: Series Preface / James E. Griffiss, Series Editor -- Acknowledgements -- Anglican Identity and Christian Traditions -- The World of the Early Church: Romans, Jews and Christians -- Apostolic Christianity: The Gnostic Controversies -- Christianity and Social Crisis: Persecution, Unity and Holiness -- Inperial Christianity: The Desert and the City -- Who is Jesus ?: Images of Christ -- Who is God ?: Credal Orthodoxy -- The Church in Late Antiquity: Saints and Sinners in the City of God -- Endnotes -- Resources -- Questions for Discussion.
In this volume the author "introduces us to the world of the early church. Beginning with the Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures in which the first followers of Jesus lived and worshipped, she explores the development of the church's theology, worship, leadership, and moral life during the first six centuries. How did a small group of believers on the margins of Judaism emerge as the established religion of the Roman Empire ? It is this story of religious fervour, theological controversy, and persecution that shaped the church of Christendom in the middle ages and established apostolic tradition" -- back cover.
Contents: Series Preface / James E. Griffiss, Series Editor -- Acknowledgements -- Anglican Identity and Christian Traditions -- The World of the Early Church: Romans, Jews and Christians -- Apostolic Christianity: The Gnostic Controversies -- Christianity and Social Crisis: Persecution, Unity and Holiness -- Imperial Christianity: The Desert and the City -- Who is Jesus ?: Images of Christ -- Who is God ?: Credal Orthodoxy -- The Church in Late Antiquity: Saints and Sinners in the City of God -- Endnotes -- Resources -- Questions for Discussion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-286) and index.
"This is not a 'how to' book on the Christian walk with the Holy Spirit. .... My aim here is more modest. This is a study of 'Christian spirituality', intended to clarify what is meant by this term, and to hold out the astonishing potential of Christian intimacy with God, witnessed to by Scripture and the ongoing tradition of the Church in West and East". -- Preface, p. xi.
Contents divided into three sections: Love -- Light -- Life.
Contents: Foreword / Eugene H. Peterson -- Preface dated Feast of the Transfiguration [6 August] 2004 -- Introduction: The Holy Spirit and the Spirit of the Age: Discerning the Difference -- I: Love -- A: The Holy Tryst and the Great Story: The Incarnation, the Holy Spirit and the Human Spirit -- B: Separation from God and Approach -- C: Word and Wisdom, Knowledge and Faith -- II: Light -- A: On Mount Tabor: Jesus at the Center, in Communion with Father and Spirit -- B: The Flame of Love: The Witness of Our Older Siblings in the Faith -- C: Icons of Love: Communion in Friendship, Family, Marriage and Church -- III: Life -- A: When Spirituality Goes Wrong -- B: The Holy Spirit, Hope, and Healing -- C: Suffering, Transformation, and New Creation -- Conclusion: Generic Spirituality: Abomination or Open Door ? -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects and Names -- Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources.
"Understanding the Trinity was a problem I struggled with for years. I am a logical person who values reason over emotion. Accepting the Trinity on blind faith was something I neither could nor would do". (p. 2). "God the creator is outside creation; God the Son is in creation; and God the Holy Spirit is inside creation -- they all exist as one, eternally, all at once. But is all this reasonable ? Nineteenth century rationalism would have said 'no' and it was within that narrow, rigid system that I was struggling for so long. But twentieth century physics broke the chains of rationalism, expanding my consciousness -- our consciousness -- concerning reasonableness and the possible. In the 1930's, physicists Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and Erwin Shrodinger discerned the quantum world which defies and redefines reason. They were able to prove that elementary particles have dual properties which, under the old rationalism are mutually exclusive" (p. 5-6).
Author who is "author of Forward Movement's 'Murder at Rainbow Falls' and 'What Good is Evil ?', is a clinician, writer and faithful Christian".
"First published 1992 in the United States by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. ... and in Europe by Gracewing ... Leominster". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A revolution is now taking place in the worship and discourse of English-speaking Christianity. Fads in theology come and go, of course, and rarely do they impact the parochial discourse directly and formatively. Not so, however, with the new feminist theology .... it embodies this critique in very practical directives that alter the church's speech and prayer: the triune name is suppressed, prayer to the Father is asserted to be exclusive of women believers and therefore discountenanced, the appropriation of feminine images of God in worship and meditation is encouraged, and the use of the masculine pronoun is proscribed. This is one theological revolution that truly seeks to alter permanently the face and constitution of Christian faith. .... What is surprising, however, is the paucity of critical response from the theologians of the church. Despite the radicality of the feminist reconstructions of the doctrine of God in a rapidly increasing volume of theological work, and despite the dramatic changes both proposed and enacted in the church's liturgy, piety and discourse, most theologians have simply either ignored the feminist arguments or accepted them with various degrees of enthusiasm and assent. This book seeks to remedy this situation, at least partially. .... The present contributors represent a wide range of ecclesiastical traditions -- Anglican, Reformed, Lutheran, Catholic, Orthodox, Methodist, evangelical". -- Intro.
Contents: Contributors -- Introduction dated Feast of the Holy Trinity, 26 May 1991 / Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. -- Exchanging God for "No Gods" : A Discussion of Female Language for God / Elizabeth Achtemeier -- Language for God and Feminist Language: Problems and Principles / Roland M. Frye -- The Gender of God and the Theology of Metaphor / Garrett Green -- Proteus and Procrustes: A Study in the Dialectic of Language in Disagreement with Sallie McFague / Colin Gunton -- Can a Feminist Call God "Father" / Janet Martin Soskice -- "The Father, He ..." / Robert W. Jenson -- Naming the One Who is above Us / Gerhard O. Forde -- The Christian Apprehension of God the Father / Thomas F. Torrance -- Apophatic Theology and the Naming of God in Eastern Orthodox Tradition / Thomas Hopko -- Knowing and Naming the Triune God: The Grammar of Trinitarian Confession / J.A. DiNoia -- The God Who Likes His Name: Holy Trinity, Feminism, and the Language of Faith / Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. -- Trinitarian Worship / Geoffrey Wainwright -- The Question of Woman's Experience of God / Elizabeth A. Morelli -- Creation as Christ: A Problematic Theme in Some Feminist Theology / David A. Scott -- Worldview, Language, and Radical Feminism: An Evangelical Appraisal / Stephen M. Smith -- The Movement and the Story: Whatever Happened to "Her" ? / Blanche A. Jenson -- The Incarnation of God in Feminist Christology: A Theological Critique / Ray S. Anderson -- Christianity or Feminism ? / Leslie Zeigler -- Index.