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Baptists and the Communion of Saints: A Theology of Covenanted Disciples
Paul S. Fiddes
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Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCC92; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
This book fuses the Church's traditional doctrine of the Communion of Saints and Baptists' theology of salvation and discipleship--charting how Baptists can speak of a communion of saints here and now. Paul Fiddes and his coauthors emphasize that this communion is only possible within the fellowship of the triune God who covenants with and for believers.
Reframing communion within a theology of covenant enables the affirmation of the practice of prayer and mutual support with all faithful disciples, both alive and dead. Such a covenantal understanding of communion avoids an unhealthy obsession with communication with those who have died. ... Read more
This book fuses the Church's traditional doctrine of the Communion of Saints and Baptists' theology of salvation and discipleship--charting how Baptists can speak of a communion of saints here and now. Paul Fiddes and his coauthors emphasize that this communion is only possible within the fellowship of the triune God who covenants with and for believers.
Reframing communion within a theology of covenant enables the affirmation of the practice of prayer and mutual support with all faithful disciples, both alive and dead. Such a covenantal understanding of communion avoids an unhealthy obsession with communication with those who have died. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781481300896
SKU
V9781481300896
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About Paul S. Fiddes
Paul S. Fiddes is Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Oxford. He was Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford (1989-2007), a Baptist foundation, and has been Chair of the Doctrine and Unity Commission of the Baptist World Alliance. He is the author of Tracks and Traces: Baptist Identity in Church and Theology (2003) and Seeing ... Read more
Reviews for Baptists and the Communion of Saints: A Theology of Covenanted Disciples
Baptists and the Communion of Saints is a feast to relish. Not only does it offer substantive and convincing proposals for a properly Baptist approach to this issue, it is a sterling example of constructive theology.
Dan R Stiver, Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology, Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University An important and timely book on one of the most ... Read more
Dan R Stiver, Cook-Derrick Professor of Theology, Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University An important and timely book on one of the most ... Read more