Robert Farrar Capon: The Astonished Heart

Cover: 9780802807915 | The Astonished Heart | Robert Farrar Capon | Taschenbuch | Paperback

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Where has the church been, and what has it become? According to Robert Farrar Capon, the answers to these questions are in many ways dispiriting. Although the church has done much good, it has also made numerous blunders in its checkered history. Chief among them is that it has lost its astonishment over the Good News of the gospel - the gift of salvation we receive from Christ. By taking readers on an illuminating ramble through the history of the church, Capon shows how we have lost this sense of astonishment by making Christianity into a religion that focuses on requirements and restrictions rather than on the Good News, and by turning the church, which should be a body of believers, into an institution that emphasizes its corporate functions to the detriment of its gospel message. After exploring all the ways in which the church has mis-embodied itself over the centuries, Capon explains how the church today might re-create itself. The key, according to Capon, is recovering the gift of astonishment with which it began. Capon is fully alert to both the tragedy and the comedy of church history, and he covers this uneven ground with great heart and great humor - and genuine hope for the future of the church.

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An Episcopal priest and the author of many popular books, including The Supper of the Lamb (Modern Library), The Mystery of Christ . . . And Why We Don't Get It (Eerdmans); and a widely praised trilogy on Jesus' parables now available in

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Erscheinungsjahr:	1996
Genre:	Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Christentum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780802807915
ISBN-10:	0802807917
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Capon, Robert Farrar
Hersteller:	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Maße:	229 x 152 x 8 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert Farrar Capon
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.03.1996
Gewicht:	0,209 kg

Artikel-ID: 107362534

Über den Autor

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1996
Genre:	Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Christentum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780802807915
ISBN-10:	0802807917
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Capon, Robert Farrar
Hersteller:	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Maße:	229 x 152 x 8 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert Farrar Capon
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.03.1996
Gewicht:	0,209 kg