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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Subject
- Book Reviews
- ISSN
- 1744-1366
- eISSN
- 1745-5316
- DOI
- 10.1163/17455316-01003010
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
(London: Canterbury Press, 2012) xvi + 179 pp. isbn 978-1-84825-091-8 (pbk). £16-99. This latest volume in a series of publications under the banner of ‘ancient faith, future mission’ contains an eclectic assortment of essays by fifteen contributors (most of them Anglican), loosely gathered round the subject of fresh expressions of Church in relation to the Kingdom of God. Believing that ‘both the Church and the Kingdom of God are important and related in God’s purposes,’ the editors regret a perceived tendency in church circles to emphasise the importance of either ecclesiology or missiology at the expense of the other (p. xiv). Accordingly, ‘This book seeks to take a non-dual and integrated approach to holding both Church and the Kingdom of God in tension. It tells the story of how fresh expressions of Church have sought to address some of the really complex and difficult issues of life in the real world, while also coming together in worship and knowing the Church community as a deep spiritual home’ (p. xv). The book is a response to the criticism that fresh expressions emphasise their potential benefits to individuals as religious consumers, with little, if any, corresponding sense of a consequential
Journal
Ecclesiology – Brill
Published: Oct 15, 2014