Church and Covenant: Theological Resources for Divided Denominations

What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a “covenant” as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay instead r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Theology today (Ephrata, Pa.) Pa.), 2009-01, Vol.65 (4), p.449-461
1. Verfasser: Van Driel, Edwin Chr
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a “covenant” as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay instead recommends the idea of a divine covenant as the basis for the church. This is supported by an analysis of the idea of divine covenant in the ecclesiology of the former Netherlands Reformed Church.
ISSN:0040-5736
2044-2556
DOI:10.1177/004057360906500404