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An Informed Faith: The Uniting Church at the Beginning of the 21st Century

An Informed Faith: The Uniting Church at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Sheila Bellamy
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From its beginning, despite its relatively small size, the Uniting Church has been convinced that it is a Church with a public role to play in Australia. This new book - from a variety of theologies and disciplines - is an important 'marker' of the Church's public role in Australia at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The study examines topics rarely discussed in denominational studies or by the authors of the standard texts on Australian religious history. It deals honestly with themes that have newly emerged in the first decade of the twenty-first century. These include the distinctive nature of Uniting Church spirituality; the tension between good management and theological faithfulness; the political involvement and ecological engagement of Uniting Church people; the Church's extraordinary cross-cultural and inter-faith commitment; and the rise of Progressive Christianity.

The book also deals with topics that have received renewed interest and sometimes heated debate in recent years, including the weakening of the Church's commitment to ordained ministry; concerns over the Church's softening attitude to scholarship; the reception of the Uniting Church's founding document, the Basis of Union; controversy over Uniting Church schools; the complex place of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, the Aboriginal wing of the Uniting Church; and the struggles faced by Evangelicals within its life.
Language
English
Pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Release
May 17, 2022
ISBN 13
9781743241554

An Informed Faith: The Uniting Church at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Sheila Bellamy
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
From its beginning, despite its relatively small size, the Uniting Church has been convinced that it is a Church with a public role to play in Australia. This new book - from a variety of theologies and disciplines - is an important 'marker' of the Church's public role in Australia at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The study examines topics rarely discussed in denominational studies or by the authors of the standard texts on Australian religious history. It deals honestly with themes that have newly emerged in the first decade of the twenty-first century. These include the distinctive nature of Uniting Church spirituality; the tension between good management and theological faithfulness; the political involvement and ecological engagement of Uniting Church people; the Church's extraordinary cross-cultural and inter-faith commitment; and the rise of Progressive Christianity.

The book also deals with topics that have received renewed interest and sometimes heated debate in recent years, including the weakening of the Church's commitment to ordained ministry; concerns over the Church's softening attitude to scholarship; the reception of the Uniting Church's founding document, the Basis of Union; controversy over Uniting Church schools; the complex place of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, the Aboriginal wing of the Uniting Church; and the struggles faced by Evangelicals within its life.
Language
English
Pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Release
May 17, 2022
ISBN 13
9781743241554

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