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Author(s): Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Price: $2.99       (Mar 8-9)

What is the church? Why are there so many different expressions of church throughout time and space, and what ties them all together?
Ecclesiology―the doctrine of the church―has risen to the center of theological interest in recent decades. In this text, theologian Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen provides a wide-ranging survey of the rich field of ecclesiology in the midst of rapid developments and new horizons. Drawing on Kärkkäinen’s international experience and comprehensive research on the church, this revised and expanded edition is thoroughly updated to incorporate recent literature and trends. This unique primer not only orients readers to biblical, historical, and contemporary ecclesiologies but also highlights contextual and global perspectives and includes an entirely new section on interfaith comparative theology. An Introduction to Ecclesiology surveys

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