Why the Church? - Wall, Robert W.

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Résumé :
Given the way many in the West have read the New Testament in the last century, the church might be regarded as an afterthought at best. But at the worst, it can be viewed as an unnecessary, perhaps even problematic, institutionalization of genuine faith especially in our post-denominational context. These perspectives fly in the face of the robust ecclesiological concerns and commitments of the New Testament documents when read as witnesses from, to, and for congregations of God's people. For Wall, the problem is spiritual because fewer go to find God in church. Why the church? Because this peculiar fellowship of saints, whose loving communion is with the risen One, has been appointed by the triune God as God's herald. With its sacred vocation, every demonstration of the church's oneness, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity--each eschatological mark enabled and brought to maturity by God's grace--is the concrete means to address our theological crisis. This book will contribute to New Testament studies but also serve related discussions in theology and church history. Reframing New Testament Theology is a series that fulfills the need for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to central questions and themes raised by New Testament study....

Biographie:
Robert W. Wall is the Paul T. Walls Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of Called to Be Church, The New Interpreter's Bible: Acts (Volume 10), and Community of the Wise: The Letter of James (New Testament in Context). He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Sommaire:
Robert W. Wall is the Paul T. Walls Emeritus Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies at Seattle Pacific University. He has authored or edited more than fifteen books and has published many articles for both scholars and clergy. Wall is well-known for his canonical approach to interpreting scripture, which places emphasis on the church's formation of its two-testament Bible and on its final literary form as providing indispensable clues for ordering its ongoing use in worship, instruction, mission, and personal devotions....