Church and Religious 'Other' - Ecclesiological Investigations Nippod edition

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2008.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; 8; Bringing together the prestigious speakers from the inaugural 'Church in our Times' Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope University, this volume explores key current affairs in ecclesiology.. Table of Contents: Ecclesiological Investigations: A New International Research Network - Gerard MannionAcknowledgementsContributorsForeword: Church: The Distinctive and Definitive Idea of Christianity - Keith WardIntroduction: Church and the Grace of Otherness: Exploring Questions of Truth, Unity and Diversity - Gerard Mannion Part I. Ecumenical and Pluralist Contexts and Questions Ecumenical Questions on Women and Church - Phyllis ZaganoThe Whole Household of God (oikos): Some Ecclesiological Perspectives - Ernst ConradieCulture, Worship and Power: A Cast Study of South India - Paul M. CollinsThe Quest for Pakistani Christian Identity: A narrative of Religious Other as Liberative comparative Ecclesiology - John O'BrienChristianity, Feminism and the Religious Other: Beyond Eurocentrism - Jenny DaggersRoman Catholicism and its Religious 'Others': Contemporary Challenges - Gerard Mannion Part II. Church, Inclusivity and Diversity A Community of the question: Inclusive Ecclesiology - Steven Shakespeare'Being Nice in Church': rituals of Propriety and the Sin of Oblivion - Mary McClintock FulkersonThe Eucharist: A Meal with Friends - Steve Summers'By Schisms Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distrest': Anglicanism after the Windsor Report - Mark ChapmanChurch: Law, Community and Witness - George Pattison Part III. Constructive Explorations for the Future Should the Church Change? - Bernard HooseThe Church Theologian and the Kingdom of God: An Uneasy Relationship? Some Musings - David McLoughlinDialogue as Tradition: The Collective Journey towards Truth - Jayne HooseA Question of Balance: Unity and Diversity in the Life and Mission of the Church - Ola TjohornHoping to Learn: An Approach to Ecclesiology - Kenneth Wilson IndexPublisher Marketing: Bringing together the prestigious speakers from the inaugural 'Church in our Times' Lecture Series at Liverpool Hope University, this volume explores key current affairs in ecclesiology. Contributor Bio:  Mannion, Gerard 'Gerard Mannion is the Amaturo Professor in Catholic Studies at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, where he is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He serves as chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network (www.ei-research.net) and is editor of the Bloomsbury Series, "Ecclesiological Investigations"' ""