Abstract
Abstract
This chapter introduces two individuals placed in the communities of their churches: Peter, who is a minister in the Church of England, and Louise, a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. Peter and Louise represent, as minister and pastor, the two opposite ends of a continuum of churches, with the very ecclesial at one end and the very societal at the other. Both Louise and Peter experience the pressure of simultaneous expectations from the church as an institution, the church as a community, and the society in which they are embedded. Understanding how Peter and Louise are formed as well as their contexts and conditions will reveal the implicit theology of the churches and help us understand what it means to be the church today within the old national churches of England and Denmark.
This chapter will also consider explicit theology by analysing the churches’ doctrines on what it means to be a true church. Together, these implicit and explicit theologies (Percy 2010) will inform us about the ecclesiologies of the churches today; how they are being the church. The analysis will explain some of the differences between these two majority churches and how they approach contemporary challenges.
This chapter introduces two individuals placed in the communities of their churches: Peter, who is a minister in the Church of England, and Louise, a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. Peter and Louise represent, as minister and pastor, the two opposite ends of a continuum of churches, with the very ecclesial at one end and the very societal at the other. Both Louise and Peter experience the pressure of simultaneous expectations from the church as an institution, the church as a community, and the society in which they are embedded. Understanding how Peter and Louise are formed as well as their contexts and conditions will reveal the implicit theology of the churches and help us understand what it means to be the church today within the old national churches of England and Denmark.
This chapter will also consider explicit theology by analysing the churches’ doctrines on what it means to be a true church. Together, these implicit and explicit theologies (Percy 2010) will inform us about the ecclesiologies of the churches today; how they are being the church. The analysis will explain some of the differences between these two majority churches and how they approach contemporary challenges.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Titel | The Persistence of Societal Religion. The Old National Churches of Northern Europe |
| Redaktører | Linda Woodhead, Hans Raun Iversen |
| Antal sider | 14 |
| Vol/bind | 1 |
| Status | Accepteret/In press - 2018 |