The Meaning of Singleness

Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church

Danielle Treweek (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2023
IVP Academic (Verlag)
978-1-5140-0485-2 (ISBN)

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Drawing upon ancient and contemporary theologians, Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Far from being a burden, she shows that singleness presents the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people.

Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises?
Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, Ælfric of Eynsham, John Paul II, and Stanley Hauerwas, she contends not only that singleness has served an important role throughout the church's history, but that single Christians present the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people.
Far from being a burden, then, Christian singleness is among the highest vocations of the faith.

Danielle (Dani) Treweek (PhD, St Mark’s National Theological Centre and Charles Sturt University) is the founding director of the Single Minded Ministry and an adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College, Sydney. She also serves as both the Diocesan Research Officer and a member of the Archbishop's Doctrine Commission within the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia.

Foreword by Kutter Callaway

Preface

Introduction: Setting the Scene

Part One: The Context of Singleness

1. Singleness in Society

2. Singleness in the Church

Part Two: The Diagnosis of Singleness

3. The Character of Christian Singleness

4. The Value and Belonging of Christian Singleness

Part Three: The Retrieval of Singleness

5. Retrieving Singleness in Church History

6. Retrieving Singleness in Biblical Exegesis

7. Retrieving Singleness in Christian Theology

Part Four: The Meaning of Singleness

8. Telling the Time

9. Making the Meaning

10. Continuing the Conversation

Bibliography

General Index

Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2023
Vorwort	Kutter Callaway
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	472 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	1-5140-0485-2 / 1514004852
ISBN-13	978-1-5140-0485-2 / 9781514004852
Zustand	Neuware