The Shape of Participation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781606085196)

The Shape of Participation is a work of constructive theology addressed to theologians, seminarians, and thoughtful pastors. Owens engages and deepens recent popular discussions of church practices by approaching practices from the church Fathers' understanding of the church's participation in God. Through a wide-ranging engagement with theologians, both ancient and contemporary--including Cyril of Alexandria, Maximus the Confessor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Herbert McCabe--Owens argues that the embodied practices of the church are the church's participation in the life of God, making the church Jesus' own continued, peaceable embodiment in and for the world. This book is for theologians, pastors, and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of how the visible presence of God's church is extraordinarily good news in a violent world.

Author: L. Roger Owens
ISBN-10: 1606085190
ISBN-13: 9781606085196
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.04w x 0.49d