Whose Church? Which Unity? That We May Be One: Practicing Unity in a Divided Church, Gary B. Agee, Eerdmans, 2022 (ISBN 978-0-8028-8186-1), xviii + 150 pp., pb 19.99 Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church, Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer, InterVarsity Press, 2020 (ISBN 978-0-8380-4799-0), x + 214 pp., pb 17
These two recent books each offer guidance to Christians in the United States on pursuing unity in the midst of social, moral, political, and theological divisions. They offer two distinct approaches: one relying mainly on relevant academic research and the other drawing mostly on a pastoral appeal....
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Review |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Reviews in religion and theology
Jahr: 2023, Band: 30, Heft: 4, Seiten: 233-238 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Polarization
B Church B Rezension B Unity B Christianity B absolutes |
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| Zusammenfassung: | These two recent books each offer guidance to Christians in the United States on pursuing unity in the midst of social, moral, political, and theological divisions. They offer two distinct approaches: one relying mainly on relevant academic research and the other drawing mostly on a pastoral appeal. They also target different audiences: one an explicitly theologically conservative evangelical ‘church’, the other a ‘church’ including all professed Christians. This review argues that both have different strengths. While Agee's approach is ultimately more promising for addressing the underlying causes of disunity among Christians, Muehlhoff and Langer offer well-founded tactics for mutual understanding within a more limited group of Christians. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9418 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rirt.14265 |