{"product_id":"the-church-event-call-and-challenge-of-a-church-protestant-paperback-1","title":"The Church Event: Call and Challenge of a Church Protestant - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVitor Westhelle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften nowadays one hears affirmations of spirituality and even religious life but rarely of institutional religion. Is the church dying?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoted theologian Vtor Westhelle urges an emphatic no and traces the church crisis to an \"ecclesiological deficit,\" a lack of serious reflection on the real role of church as an ideal community and an institutional reality. He finds real consensus among the Reformers on what church should mean, and he traces the competing historical notions of church, their relations to the sources of Protestant religious conviction, and the gradual erosion of a sense for what it is the church actually \"represents.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWesthelle advances a new model of church, grounded in Trinitarian thought, social anthropology, and biblical reflection. He then shows how this notion of church well positions Christian communities to deal with the public sphere, religious pluralism, globalization, and communal prayer. In doing so, Westhelle claims a space for Protestant Christianity in today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.12 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42591753568352,"sku":"9780800663322","price":60.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/YkZyR2lNSlJncXR2RTdXQmlpUkRXdz09.webp?v=1771372517","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-church-event-call-and-challenge-of-a-church-protestant-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}