Church and Israel after Christendom The Politics of Election |
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| Author:
| Bader-Saye, Scott |
| Series title: | Radical Traditions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8133-6706-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
| Publisher: | Avalon Publishing
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| Imprint: | Westview Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $128.00 |
Book Description:
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The twentieth century has been one of crisis for the Church, which has been challenged both by the end of the ideal of Christendom and also by the horrors of the Holocaust. Responding to this ecclesiastical problem, Scott Bader-Saye contends that a renewed understanding of Israel might provide resources to envision a faithful post-Christendom church. Unlike theologians such as John Milbank and Stanley Hauerwas, who have pointed to the Greek polis as a model for renewing...
More DescriptionThe twentieth century has been one of crisis for the Church, which has been challenged both by the end of the ideal of Christendom and also by the horrors of the Holocaust. Responding to this ecclesiastical problem, Scott Bader-Saye contends that a renewed understanding of Israel might provide resources to envision a faithful post-Christendom church. Unlike theologians such as John Milbank and Stanley Hauerwas, who have pointed to the Greek polis as a model for renewing ecclesiology, the author suggests that it is not to Aristotle but to Abraham that the Church should look in order to articulate and incarnate a faithful alternative to the voluntarism and violence of modernity. By recovering a doctrine of election that is both non-supersessionist and fully trinitarian, Christians may discover their political calling to embody a way of life that will bring renewed meaning to the Church and to Christians’ participation in the world.