Globalization and the mission of the church : ecclesiological investigations /: ecclesiological investigations. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Neil J. Ormerod, Shane Clifton.
• Authors: Ormerod, Neil; Clifton, Shane
• Contents: Chapter 1 - Globalization and the churches - From monogenism to division to globalization - Globalization as a politicized term - Globalization in sociological discourse - Summary of the concept - The globalization of christianity - The Catholic experience - The Pentecostal experience - Globalization and mission Chapter 2 - A Theology of History - Dialectics in history - The scale of values - Vital values - Social values - Cultural values - Personal values - Religious value - Healing and creating in history - Progress and decline - The scale of values and the mission of the Church - Chapter summary Chapter 3 - Globalization and vital values - Part 1 - Global poverty o The situation of global poverty o The mission of the Church and the priority for the poor o Globalisation and the causes of poverty o Summary Part 1 - Part 2 - Globalization and the environment o The situation of global environmental challenges o Church mission and the environment o Summary Part 2 Chapter 4 - Globalization and social values - Part 1 - Globalization and the family o The situation - first world perspectives o The situation -Two-thirds world perspectives o Globalization, the family and the mission of the churcc - Part 2 - Techno-economic globalization o The situation o Techno-economic globalization and the mission of the church - Part 3 Globalization and governance o The situation o Global politics and the mission of the church - Chapter summary Chapter 5 - Culture, mission and globalization - Culture as multi-layered - Cultural dimension of globalization - Economic neo-liberalism - The human rights movement - The environmental movement - Observations on three movements - What about feminism? - Religion and global culture - Cultural globalization and the mission of the Church - Chapter summary Chapter 6 - Virtues in a globalizing world - Globalization - a new moral context - A question of virtue - Social virtues -Â Cultural virtues - Personal virtues - Is religion a virtue? - Global virtues: a challenge to all religion - Global virtues and the mission of the Church - Chapter Summary Chapter 7 - Religious Values - Ecclesiology and ecumenism - Inter-religious dialogue and friendship - The theological virtues - The power of religious values in the example of Pentecostalism - Chapter summary.
• Publisher Details: London : T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (228 pages)
• Subjects: 241.624; Christian theology; Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christianity and culture; Mission of the church; Pentecostal Churches; Religion -- Christian Theology -- Ecclesiology; Religion -- Christianity -- Pentecostal & Charismatic; Religion -- Ecumenism; Ecumenism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567534156; 0567534154
• Related ISBNs: 9780567349071
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