A01=Roy Kearsley
Author_Roy Kearsley
authority and koinonia
Baptist Ecclesiology
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christian
Christian community studies
Christian Koinonia
Church Community
communities
Corinthian Correspondence
Divine Omnipotence
ecclesiology
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Face To Face
feminist theology
Foucault philosophy influence
Foucault's Ethos
Foucault's Law
Foucault’s Ethos
Foucault’s Law
Fountain Of Life
Fresh Expressions
Human Suffering
Intentional Church
Karen Vintges
koinonia
Koinonia Community
Krister Stendahl
local
Local Church Communities
Local Power Relations
order
paper
patterns
post-Christendom church power analysis
Power Behaviours
Power Patterns
Power Relations Theory
Power Streams
reality
religious power dynamics
sociological
Sociological Reality
streams
Transgressive Voice
Van Den Brink
WCC.
Product details
- ISBN 9781138376236
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 responses that could turn painful censure into a re-visioning of church power relations, helped by neglected critical studies. The approach exposes a complexity to power, and filters that insight into a theology of church. The book shows how lessons are available for a religious community from post-modern philosopher Michel Foucault and from recent feminism. The topic of power has universal importance in the study of religion, though the response to analysis and critique in this book is drawn specifically from Christian sources. Kearsley concludes with an exploration for a future renovated, self-critical, authentic and growing community, sensitive to power while remaining in line with classic Christianity.
Roy Kearsley has spent the last nine years teaching theology at Cardiff University and South Wales Baptist College. He has published in early Christianity (Tertullian's Theology of Divine Power (1998)) focusing on the specialist field of 'power', a project which helped to spark research for this book.
