Church in Ordinary Time: A Wisdom Ecclesiology

by Amy Plantinga Pauw

Overview

The liturgical season called "ordinary time" consists mostly of the weeks between Easter and the beginning of Advent. This season, generally ignored by theologians, aptly symbolizes the church's existence as God's creature in the gap between the resurrection of Christ and the consummation of all things. In this book Amy Plantinga Pauw draws on the seasons of the church year and the creation theology elaborated in the Wisdom books of Scripture to explore the contours of a Trinitarian ecclesiology that is properly attuned to the church's life amid the realities of today's world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467448659
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/21/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	198
File size:	625 KB

About the Author

Amy Plantinga Pauw is Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary. Her previous books include a commentary on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and The Supreme Harmony of All: The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Why Ordinary Time Matters 1

Part 1 Wise Earthlings

1 Creation as Original Grace 23

2 Church Looks Very Small from Here 42

Part 2 The Redemption of Our Bodies

3 Christ, in Whom All Things Hold Together 55

4 Mary's Child 68

5 Church as Earthen Vessel 82

Part 3 Church in the Power of the Spirit

6 Making New and Making Do 108

7 Longing 120

8 Giving 126

9 Suffering 134

10 Rejoicing 143

11 Joining Hands 150

Epilogue: The Polyphony of Church Life 161

Works Cited 165

Index of Authors 178

Index of Subjects 181

Index of Scripture References 186

Editorial Reviews

Willie James Jennings
-- Yale Divinity School
"Beautifully framed and written, this is an ecclesiology that matters. Amy Plantinga Pauw is one of the leading American theologians of our generation; when you read Church in Ordinary Time, you can see why she is such a respected and important voice."

Don E. Saliers
-- Candler School of Theology, Emory University
"Wisdom traditions in Scripture and theology converge in this timely and provocative book on ecclesiology. Pauw offers a richly Trinitarian, ecumenically attuned, and profoundly relevant proposal for all who are serious about the church's self-understanding today. Her writing is clearheaded and firmly rooted in Augustine, Calvin, Bonhoeffer, and biblical wisdom literature. It's about time we had wisdom like this. Readers across all traditions will be challenged and grateful."

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