[PDF] Ecclesiology For A Digital Church eBook

Author : Heidi A. Campbell
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 033406161X

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What are the ecclesiological challenges and opportunities raised by technology? How have developments related to the COVID-19 global health crisis impacted churches, forcing a swift move to mediated and online worship? And how will this change the shape churches of theological and programmatic choices for years to come? Drawing together a diverse group of theologians and media scholars, this volume considers the key theological question churches and religious leaders need to engage with as they look towards long term strategies involving church life and technology.

Author : Cheryl M. Peterson
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451426380

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Many congregations today are beset by fears, whether over loss of members and money, or of irrelevancy in an increasingly pluralistic society. To counter this, many congregations focus on strategy and purpose-what churches "do"-but Cheryl Peterson submits that mainline churches need to focus instead on "what" or "who" they are-to reclaim a theological, rather than sociological, understanding of themselves. To do this, she places the questions of the church's identity and mission into a conversation with the primary ecclesiological paradigms of the past century: the neo-Reformation concept of the church as a "word event" and the ecumenical paradigms of the church as "communion." She argues that these two paradigms assume a context of cultural Christendom that no longer exists-focused on the church that is gathered-rather than the missional church that is sent out.

Author : Heidi Campbell
Publisher :
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Digital communications
ISBN :

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Digital Ecclesiology: A Global Conversation explores theological issues and challenges churches have been faced with due to social distancing and required social-cultural adaptations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This book follows on from the eBook "The Distanced Church", which explored religious leaders and scholar responses to the forced move into doing church online during the pandemic. This edited collection address in greater depth the ecclesiological questions raised when churches embrace digital media and culture in their mission and ministry. As she argues in her previous, a church's technological choices have often unforeseen theological implications for faith communities. Digital Ecclessiology presents 11 essays with authors from 7 different countries, who reflect on the culture of the church revealed through moving from offline to online worship, and the understanding of religious community that has unfolded during the pandemic. Overall this collection identifies core questions and debates about the nature of the Church raised by the embrace and integration of digital media by Christian groups worldwide

Author : Deanna A. Thompson
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1501815199

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We live in a wired world where 24/7 digital connectivity is increasingly the norm. Christian megachurch communities often embrace this reality wholeheartedly while more traditional churches often seem hesitant and overwhelmed by the need for an interactive website, a Facebook page and a twitter feed. This book accepts digital connectivity as our reality, but presents a vision of how faith communities can utilize technology to better be the body of Christ to those who are hurting while also helping followers of Christ think critically about the limits of our digital attachments. This book begins with a conversion story of a non-cell phone owning, non-Facebook using religion professor judgmental of the ability of digital tools to enhance relationships. A stage IV cancer diagnosis later, in the midst of being held up by virtual communities of support, a conversion occurs: this religion professor benefits in embodied ways from virtual sources and wants to convert others to the reality that the body of Christ can and does exist virtually and makes embodied difference in the lives of those who are hurting. The book neither uncritically embraces nor rejects the constant digital connectivity present in our lives. Rather it calls on the church to a) recognize ways in which digital social networks already enact the virtual body of Christ; b) tap into and expand how Christ is being experienced virtually; c) embrace thoughtfully the material effects of our new augmented reality, and c) influence utilization of technology that minimizes distraction and maximizes attentiveness toward God and the world God loves.

Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802841896

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By systematically examining the New Testament's teaching, Ferguson unveils a comprehensive model of the church that is boh biblically centered and relevant to a world on the verge of the twenty-first century.

Author : Heidi A. Campbell
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 36,39 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493404393

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The Theological Implications of Digital Culture This informed theology of communication and media analyzes how we consume new media and technologies and discusses the impact on our social and religious lives. Combining expertise in religion online, theology, and technology, the authors synthesize scholarly work on religion and the internet for a nonspecialist audience. They show that both media studies and theology offer important resources for helping Christians engage in a thoughtful and faith-based critical evaluation of the effect of new media technologies on society, our lives, and the church.

Author : Charles Journet
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1681496607

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This is a brilliant, intellectually rigorous, and highly spiritual work which invites readers to deepen their understanding of the rich theology of the Catholic Church. In today's secular world, when confident knowledge of the Church's beliefs and teachings is so critical for both clergy and laymen, Cardinal Journet's beautiful contribution to ecclesiology is a worthy addition to any theological reading list.

Author : Swarup Bar
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,54 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506466907

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In The Spirit Shaped Church, Swarup Bar argues that the church is defined by its relationship with others. A relational church depends on the porousness of its borders, which means that, while a church has its distinctiveness, it ought to be open to negotiate relational engagements with the world around it. This sort of relationally distinct, permeable church is found to be possible through the leading of the Spirit and the work of Christ. Such engagement is found to be relevant in a plural, religio-cultural context and in situations of marginalization in India. The Spirit Shaped Church reflects an ongoing commitment on the part of Fortress Press to engage the needs of Christian communities around the world. The book is aimed at teachers, clergy, students, and anyone with an interest in the lived experience of Christians in India.

Author : Katherine G. Schmidt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2020-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1978701632

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Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church. Katherine G. Schmidt argues that the Catholic imagination is inherently consonant with the idea of the “virtual,” understood as the creative space between presence and absence, bringing the fields of media studies, internet studies, sociology, history, and theology together in order to give a theological account of the social realities of American Catholicism in light of digital culture. Overall, Schmidt argues that the social possibilities of the internet afford the church great opportunity for building a social context that allows the living out of Eucharistic logic learned in properly liturgical moments.

Author : Avery Dulles
Publisher : Image
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 37,28 MB
Release : 2002-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0385505450

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There is today a dramatic reexamination of structure, authority, dogma -- indeed, every aspect of the life of the Church is held up to scrutiny. Welcoming this as a sign of vitality, Avery Dulles has carefully studied the writings of contemporary Protestant and Catholic ecclesiologists and sifted out six major approaches, or "models," through which the Church's character can be understood: as Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald, Servant, and, in a recent addition to the book, as Community of Disciples. A balanced theology, he concludes, must incorporate the major affirmations of each. "The method of models or types," observes Cardinal Dulles, "can have great value in helping people to get beyond the limitations of their own particular outlook and to enter into fruitful conversation with others... Such conversation is obviously essential if ecumenism is to get beyond its present impasses." This new edition includes a new Appendix and Preface by the author.