Authority vested : a story of identity and change in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

著者

• Todd, Mary
• Marty, Martin E.

書誌事項

Authority vested : a story of identity and change in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Mary Todd ; foreword by Martin E. Marty

W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2000

• pbk. : alk. paper

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-329) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Like other major Protestant denominations in the United States, the 2.6-million-member Luther Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), founded in 1847, has struggled with issues of relevance and identity in society at large. In this book Mary Todd chronicles the history of this struggle for identity in the LCMS, critically examining the central-often contentious-issue of authority in relation to Scripture, ministry, and the role of women in the church. In recounting the history of the denomination, Todd uses the ministry of women as a case study to show how the LCMS has continually redefined its concept of authority in order to maintain its own historic identity. Based on oral histories and solid archival research, Authority Vested not only explores the internal life of a significant denomination but also offers critical insights for other churches seeking to maintain their Christian distinctives in religiously pluralistic America.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA49240523
• ISBN:
  • 080284457X
• LCCN: 99051879
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Grand Rapids, Mich.
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 336 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BX8061.M7
  • DC21 : 284.1/322
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod -- History
  • LCSH : Authority -- Religious aspects -- Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod -- History of doctrines