Theology and Identity: Traditions, Movements, and Polity in the United Church of Christ

by Charles Hambrick-Stowe (Editor), Daniel L. Johnson (Editor)

Overview

"Probably there is never a perfect time to describe the ever-developing United Church of Christ. But now at our fiftieth anniversary year, it seemed timely to present a partially updated edition of Theology and Identity, commenting on both some of the observations of the first edition and on some of the significant developments in the church and the world since the decades of the 1980s and 1990s." This comprehensive, newly expanded collection of 19 essays spans the breadth of the United Church of Christ and is presented as follows: Part 1: Roots, Part 2: Polity, Ministry, and Worship Issues, Part 3: Theological Issues and Movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829817720
Publisher:	Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press
Publication date:	08/28/2007
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	201
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors     v
Preface to the Revised Edition   Daniel L. Johnson     vii
Introduction     ix
Roots
Theological Tradition of Congregationalism   Elizabeth C. Nordbeck     3
Reformed Church Theological Tradition   John C. Shetler     17
Evangelical Synod Theology   Ralph C. Quellhorst     24
Christian Church Perspectives   Richard H. Taylor     29
The United Church of Christ and the Experience of the Black Church   Samuel N. Slie     39
Who Can Sit at the Lord's Table? The Experience of Indigenous Peoples   Rosemary McCombs Maxey     51
Polity, Ministry, and Worship Issues
A Covenant Polity   Reuben A. Sheares II     67
Empowerment and Embodiment: Understandings of Ministry in the United Church of Christ   Barbara Brown Zikmund     79
Worship and the Ecumenical Context   Daniel L. Johnson   Charles Hambrick-Stowe     90
Theological Issues and Movements
Process Theology in the United Church of Christ   David M. Stowe     103
Feminist Theology and the United Church of Christ   Sharon H. Ringe     117
Theology of Mission     124
A Faithful Church: Concerns of the BiblicalWitness Fellowship   Donald G. Bloesch     132
Christian Doctrine in the United Church of Christ   Gabriel Fackre     139
Liberation Theology and the United Church of Christ   M. Douglas Meeks     152
Lesbian and Gay: The Gospel and the Church   Alice O'Donovan     164
The Gift of Authority   Frederick R. Trost     171
The United Church of Christ Tomorrow   Roger L. Shinn     179
Into a New Century   Daniel L. Johnson     191