Virtue ecclesiology: an exploration in the good church
Auteur :
Fitzmaurice, John
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367597276
Date de publication :
30 juin 2020
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Critiquing a paradigm of growth within the church, this book contends that the church’s growth ethic should be replaced by one based on virtue. Drawing on the work of Sennett, Fromm, and Hauerwas, John Fitzmaurice argues that an approach taking growth to be the overriding task of the church is found to be shallow and risks infantilising the faith i