American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology : : A Foundational Model for Future Empirical and Confessional Approaches.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series
• Author: Brown, Derek.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (100 pages)

In American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology, Derek Brown proposes a normative, deductive, ontological ecclesiology, based on the biblical concept of koinonia, for pastoral Friends churches in America.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Justification of Research -- 1.1.1 Pragmatic, Practical Ecclesial Identity -- 1.1.2 Adoption of the Pastoral System -- 1.1.3 Lack of a Deductive, Normative Ecclesiology -- 1.1.4 Evangelicalism Not Conducive to Ecclesiology -- 1.2 Scope of Research -- 1.2.1 American -- 1.2.2 Christian -- 1.2.3 Programmed -- 1.2.4 Quaker -- 1.2.5 Local Church -- 1.3 Overview of This Book -- 2 Ecclesiology -- 2.1 Ecclesiology 'from Above' or 'from Below' -- 2.2 Ontological Ecclesiology -- 3 Images and Marks of the Church -- 3.1 Biblical Images of the Church -- 3.1.1 Ekklesia -- 3.1.2 People of God -- 3.1.3 Body of Christ -- 3.1.4 Temple of the Holy Spirit/God's Temple -- 3.2 Marks of the Church -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4 Survey of Quaker Ecclesiological Thought -- 4.1 Early Quaker Ecclesiology -- 4.1.1 George Fox's Ecclesiological Imagery -- 4.1.2 Robert Barclay's Apology -- 4.2 Adoption of the Pastoral System -- 4.2.1 Richmond Declaration -- 4.3 Evangelical Friends -- 4.3.1 Ecclesiological Themes -- 4.3.2 Affirmation of the Friends 'Church' -- 4.3.3 Invisible/Visible Church -- 4.3.4 Church and the New Covenant -- 4.3.5 Body of Christ, Christ as Head -- 4.4 Contemporary Quaker Ecclesiological Research -- 4.4.1 Jennifer Buck's Reframing the House -- 4.4.2 C. Wess Daniels' A Convergent Remodel of Renewal -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Comparative Analysis: Three Theologians -- 5.1 Hans Küng -- 5.1.1 Summary of Küng's Ontological Views -- 5.1.2 Küng's Contribution -- 5.2 Wolfhart Pannenberg -- 5.2.1 Summary of Pannenberg's Ontological Views -- 5.2.2 Pannenberg's Contributions -- 5.3 Miroslav Volf -- 5.3.1 Summary of Volf's Ontological Views -- 5.3.2 Volf's Contributions -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 Single-Image Ontological Model -- 6.1 'Single-Image' Model -- 6.2 Ontological Model.

6.3 Purpose of a Single-Image Ontological Ecclesiology -- 6.4 Gerben Heitink's Practical-Theological Ecclesiology -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7 Koinonia as Single-Image Ecclesiological Model -- 7.1 Biblical Understandings of Koinonia -- 7.2 Koinonia, Not 'Communion Ecclesiology' -- 7.3 Theological Implications of a Koinonia Ecclesiology -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 8 Support for a Koinonia Ecclesiology -- 8.1 Biblical, Christian Ecclesiology -- 8.2 Continuity of Liturgical Plene Esse -- 8.3 Connection with Historical Quakerism -- 8.4 Precedent in United Methodist Ecclesiological Research -- 8.5 Critical Attitude towards Bureaucracy -- 8.6 Theological Enrichment of 'Normal' Church Tasks -- 8.7 Ecclesiastical Repentance, Relocation, and Reengagement -- 8.8 Scalability -- 8.9 Conclusion -- 9 Implementation and Areas of Further Research -- 9.1 Connecting Ontology and Teleology -- 9.2 Koinonia Ecclesiology at Yearly Meeting Level -- 10 Conclusion -- References.