Church in Ordinary Time: A Wisdom Ecclesiology

Synopsis

Much Of Christian Theology Is Focused On The Story Of Jesus And The Promised Consummation Of All Things-but The Church Spends Its Life In The Gap Between Them. How Can We Live More Faithfully As Christians In This Gap Between The Resurrection Of Christ And The Eschaton? In Church In Ordinary Time, Amy Plantinga Pauw Argues That The Liturgical Season Of Ordinary Time Aptly Symbolizes The Church's Existence As God's Creature In This Time Between The Times. Pauw Presents A Compact Trinitarian Ecclesiology That Is Attuned To Church Life In This Era Of Ordinary Time. Formal Ecclesiologies Have Largely Neglected This Ordinary- Time Dimension Of Christian Life, She Says, And In So Doing Have Virtually Ignored The Ongoing Graciousness Of God's Work As Creator. Drawing On The Seasons Of The Church Year And The Creation Theology Elaborated In Job, Proverbs, And Ecclesiastes, Pauw Offers Wisdom For Daily Life In Christian Communities Of Faith. Why Ordinary Time Matters -- Wise Earthlings -- Creation As Original Grace -- Church Looks Very Small From Here -- The Redemption Of Our Bodies -- Christ, In Whom All Things Hold Together -- Mary's Child -- Church As Earthen Vessel -- Church In The Power Of The Spirit -- Making New And Making Do -- Longing -- Giving -- Suffering -- Rejoicing -- Joining Hands -- The Polyphony Of Church Life. Amy Plantinga Pauw. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.