| Description |
1 online resource (x, 221 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index. |
| Contents |
1. common life -- 2. Communion: Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and ecumenical consensus -- 3. Plato's vision -- 4. Aristotle's revisionism -- 5. Covenant and community -- 6. Little communities and the Catholic church -- 7. Cappadocian koinonia -- 8. Augustine and the story of communion -- 9. Ecumenism and the practice of communion. |
| Summary |
"This book examines the significance of koinonia for contemporary ecumenical theology, tracing the development of contemporary understanding in critical engagement with the thought of Plato, Aristotle, the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, the Cappadocian Fathers, and Augustine. In each case, reflection on community life is related to actual communities in which texts were produced."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ecumenical movement -- History.
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Ecumenical movement. |
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History. |
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Christian union -- History.
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Christian union. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sagovsky, Nicholas, 1947- Ecumenism, Christian origins, and the practice of communion. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521772699 (DLC) 99042143 (OCoLC)42296688 |
| ISBN |
0511010389 (electronic book) |
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9780511010385 (electronic book) |
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0511034555 (electronic book) |
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9780511034558 (electronic book) |
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9780511487828 (electronic book) |
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0511487827 (electronic book) |
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9780521772693 |
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0521772699 |
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