Biblical and Theological Foundations of the Family: The Domestic Church

Synopsis

Biblical And Theological Foundations Of The Family Argues That The Family Has A Constitutive Nature And A Specific Theological Purpose, Which God Reveals In The Church. Joseph Atkinson Investigates The Principles Of The Doctrine Of Creation Which Inform The Family From The Beginning; The Vital Way The Family Functions As Carrier Of The Covenant In The Old Testament; And The Critical Aspects Of Hebraic Anthropology, Especially Corporate Personality, Upon Which The Family Is Based. -- Provided By Publisher. The Need For A Theology Of The Family -- Foundations Of The Family In The Old Testament -- The Family In Mythological Thought -- The Principles Of Creation And Covenantal Reality -- Abraham And The Family Of Faith -- Family As The Carrier Of The Covenant -- Family As Image Of The Covenant -- Hebraic Anthropological Principles: Corporate Personality -- Foundations Of The Family In The New Testament, Early Church, And Vatican Ii -- The Family Of Abraham In The New Testament -- The Corporate Dimension Of Baptism In The New Testament -- Appropriation By The Church Fathers -- Vatican Ii And The Problems Of Appropriation. Joseph C. Atkinson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.