Explorations in Analytic Ecclesiology: That They May be One

✍ Scribed by Joshua Cockayne

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 227
• Series: Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Explorations in Analytic Ecclesiology proposes an account of the nature and practice of the Church that draws from work in contemporary analytic social metaphysics, social epistemology, and social ethics. In the first book-length study of ecclesiology in analytic theology, Joshua Cockayne offers a vision of the Church, according to which the Church is united as the body of Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit, despite the apparent diversity of the Church in its gathered, particular forms. This account of the oneness of the Church in and through the work of the persons of the Trinity is then applied to explore the nature of baptism, the eucharist, and liturgy.

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1. That They May Be One: The Individual and the Community of the Church
2. One Spirit: The Church as a Group Agent
3. One Lord Jesus Christ: The Church as the Socially Extended Body of Christ
4. One Baptism: Group Membership and Rites of Initiation
5. One Bread, One Cup: The Eucharist as a Sacrament of Unity
6. Acting as One: Liturgy and Group Action
Epilogue
References
Index