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Why Church?

Christianity as It Was Meant to Be
By Scott Cowdell
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An argument for the centrality of the Eucharistic church in an increasingly tribal world. As Western culture has secularised, the church has increasingly become marginalised and is seen as providing support and optional resources, rather than being indispensable to the Christian life. In this volume, theologian... Read More
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An argument for the centrality of the Eucharistic church in an increasingly tribal world.

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An argument for the centrality of the Eucharistic church in an increasingly tribal world.

As Western culture has secularised, the church has increasingly become marginalised and is seen as providing support and optional resources, rather than being indispensable to the Christian life. In this volume, theologian Scott Cowdell argues for a recovery of the church as the proper context for Christian faith, life, and mission. In Why Church?, Cowdell considers how we have arrived at this moment, examining how perceptions of the church have changed in response to increasing individualism and institutional failings.

Suggesting that the Eucharistic Church embodies Christ's desire to draw humankind to him, Cowdell shows how the Christian life depends on Christian community.

Written with adult formation in mind and from a perspective of generous orthodoxy, Why Church? makes a provocative case for the centrality of the church to Christian life. Discussion questions at the conclusion of each chapter offer thought-provoking conversation starters for any adult education group.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781640657366

Publisher: Church Publishing Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 September 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Church Publishing Inc

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Scott Cowdell

About the Author

Scott Cowdell is Research Professor in Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. In 2024, after 36 years of Anglican ministry in Australian parishes, seminaries, and universities, he was received into the Catholic Church with a view to becoming a priest there. He is the author of eleven books—most recently René Girard and the Nonviolent God and Mimetic Theory and its Shadow: Girard, Milbank, and Ontological Violence. With Joel Hodge and Chris Fleming he co-edits Bloomsbury Academic’s “Violence, Desire, and the Sacred” series. In 2023, Cowdell was Dean’s Scholar at the Virginia Theological Seminary. He lives in Canberra, Australia.

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