Apostolicity: The Ecumenical Question in World Christian Perspective - eBook Author: John G. Flett Retail Price: $39.99 Our Price: $21.99 Save: 18.00 (45.01%) Availability: In Stock        What constitutes the unity of the church over time and across cultures? Can our account of the church's apostolic faith embrace the cultural diversity of world Christianity? The ecumenical movement that began in the twentieth century posed the problem of the church's apostolicity in profound new ways. In the attempt to find unity in the midst of the Protestant-Catholic schism, participants in this movement defined the church as a distinct culture - complete with its own structures, rituals, architecture and music. Apostolicity became a matter of cultivating the church's own (Western) culture. At the same time it became disconnected from mission, and more importantly, from the diverse reality of world Christianity. In this pioneering study, John Flett assesses the state of the conversation about the apostolic nature of the church. He contends that the pursuit of ecumenical unity has come at the expense of dealing responsibly with crosscultural difference. By looking out to the church beyond the West and back to the New Testament, Flett presents a bold account of an apostolicity that embraces plurality. Similar Items you may enjoy! Apostolicity: The Ecumenical Question in World Christian Perspective Author: John G. Flett Our Price: $36.00 Apostolicity Then and Now: An Ecumenical Church in a Postmodern World Author: John J. Burkhard, O.F.M. Conv. Our Price: $31.96 God the Spirit: Introducing Pneumatology in Wesleyan and Ecumenical Perspective - eBook Author: Beth Felker Jones Our Price: $11.76 In Quest of a Vital Protestant Center: An Ecumenical Evangelical Perspective - eBook Author: George Demetrion and Willis E. Elliott Our Price: $20.90

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