Does God Need the Church? Toward a Theology of the People of God

Name: Does God Need the Church? Toward a Theology of the People of God
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ISBN: 9780814659281

ISBN-10: 0814659284

ISBN-13: 9780814659281

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gerhard Lohfink, Linda M. Maroney

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Book details

List price: $39.95
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 6/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Gerhard Lohfink was professor of New Testament exegesis at the University of TUbingen. Since 1986, he has lived and worked as a theologian for the Catholic Integrated Community. His many books include "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Does God Need the Church?", both from Liturgical Press



Why I Am Writing This Book



Why God Needs a Special People



God is God, and Not World



Evolution and History Belong to Creation



God Risks a History Tainted by Sin



God Wills the Salvation of the Whole World



The Salvation of the World Demands a Concrete Place



That Concrete Place Is Israel



What Does It Mean to Say that God Is Almighty?



The Characteristic Signs of Israel



Gathering as a People of God



A People of Faith



The Exodus Experience



The Torah as Social Project



A History of Resistance



The Scarlet Thread of Salvation History



The Quest for the Form of the People of God



Jesus and the Figure of the Twelve



What Is "New" About the "New Testament"?



The "Todayness" of the Reign of God



Salvation Superabundant



The Basic Sacramental Structure of Jesus' Actions



The Manifold Character of Vocation: Apostles, Disciples, People



Table Manners in the Reign of God



The Death of Jesus: A Death for the People of God



The Characteristic Signs of the Church



The Exodus Continues



The Church Gathers



The Church's Most Intensive Moment Is Remembering



The Church Is to Be the Body of Christ



Faith Must Be Learned



The Church and Wholeness



The Church's Deepest Wound Is Disunity


The Church and I


Church, What Do You Have to Say for Yourself? (Arnold Stotzel)


A Word of Thanks


Index