David W. Taylor

Like a Mighty Army?

The Salvation Army, the Church, and the Churches

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In 1937, prior to the 1948 inauguration of the World Council of Churches, Karl Barth challenged the churches to engage in real strict sober genuine theology in order that the unity of the church might be visibly realized. At that time The Salvation Army didn't aspire to being formally known as a church, even though it was a founding member of the WCC. Today it is globally known as a social welfare organization, concerned especially to serve the needs of those who find themselves at the margins of society. Less well known is that seventy years after Barth's challenge it has made its peace with the view that it is a church denomination. Accepti… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-63087-500-8
EAN: 9781630875008
Produktnummer: 30238775
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 308 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'901 KB

Über den Autor

David Taylor is a Salvation Army officer and after thirty years of leadership ministry in a local congregation, currently serves as the Co-ordinator of Higher Education at The Salvation Army's William Booth College in London, United Kingdom.