Between Magisterium and Marketplace - (Emerging Scholars) by Robert C Saler (Paperback)
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Highlights
- What is the relationship of the church to theology?
- Author(s): Robert C Saler
- 192 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christian Theology
- Series Name: Emerging Scholars
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About the Book
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 2011 under title: Authority, authorship, and ecclesiology: a constructive account of ecclesial theological authorship and its location within the horizons of "church" as diffusively spatialized event.Book Synopsis
What is the relationship of the church to theology? How does the church relate to the work of creative theological authorship, particularly when authors propose novel claims? Even more, how do ecclesial models, particularly of ecclesial authority, underwrite or authorize how theology is done? Saler takes up these challenging and provocative questions and argues for a fresh ecclesiology of the church as event, specifically as a diffusively spatialized event.
Establishing this claim through the fascinating historical encounters between thinkers like Thomas More and William Tyndale, John Henry Newman and Friedrich Schleiermacher, Between Magisterium and Marketplace provides a theological genealogy of modern ecclesiology, arguing that modern and contemporary ecclesiology is a theological contest not between Barth and Schleiermacher, but rather Newman and Schleiermacher. Constructing an alternative path, Saler turns to the work of a diverse array of authors past and present to argue for a humble yet hopeful view of the theological task in light of contemporary ecclesial opportunities.