Author : Alan D. Strange
Publisher : Reformed Academic Dissertation
ISBN 13 : 9781629952857
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (528 download)
Book Synopsis The Doctrine of the Spirituality of the Church in the Ecclesiology of Charles Hodge by : Alan D. Strange
Download or read book The Doctrine of the Spirituality of the Church in the Ecclesiology of Charles Hodge written by Alan D. Strange and published by Reformed Academic Dissertation. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Nineteenth Century, the church in the United States wrestled with how to respond to that era's major social, political, and ethical issues-slavery and the Civil War and its aftermath. Should the church's role be only to evangelize society, or should she also speak prophetically? Strange brilliantly shows how Charles Hodge defended a view of the spirituality of the church that permitted it to maintain a witness to its culture while not being overwhelmed by the politics of the day. Hodge's nuanced understanding of the church's spirituality is as profoundly fresh and relevant now as it was then. Book jacket.