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A Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium
A Franciscan Approach
Series: - Studies in Systematic Theology, Volume: 2
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At the beginning of the new millennium, the Christian Churches are in a process of renewal. The Roman Catholic Church, since Vatican II, has been in a major stage of renewal. Contemporary globalization, multi-cultural interrelationships, and inter-religious dialogues have presented serious challenges to these renewal efforts. In this volume, I want to offer to the Catholic Renewal and from there to other denominational renewals, a view of the church from the rich tradition of Franciscan philosophy and theology. To date there are a only a few books which include small essays on this theme. This volume presents an in-depth Franciscan approach to ecclesiology.
Kenan B. Osborne, ofm, D. Theol. (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Munich, 1967) has been a Professor of Systematic Theology at the Graduate Theological Union - Franciscan School of Theology, Berkeley, California, since 1968. He has published extensively on sacraments and church ministry.
Acknowledgements ... vii
Preface The Structure of this Volume ... ix
I. Introductory Clarifications ... 1
II. A Relational Ecclesiology in the Third Millennium: What Makes the Third Millennium Different? ... 19
III. The Historical Starting Point: Ecclesiology from 1500 to the Beginning of the Third Millennium .... 53
IV. The Philosophical Starting Point: Relational Being ... 129
V. The Theological Starting Point: An Infinitely Free Relational God ... 199
VI. A Relational Theology of Creation, Incarnation, and the Sending of the Spirit ... 283
VII. A Relational Theology of the Church for the Third Millennium ... 371
Bibliography ... 433
Subject Index ... 441
This volume is written for scholars in the field of ecclesiology. Although the focus is on the Catholic Church, the Franciscan approach offers much for all Christian Churches.