The Meaning of Singleness: Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church
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- Synopsis
- Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises? Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, Ælfric of Eynsham, John Paul II, and Stanley Hauerwas, she contends not only that singleness has served an important role throughout the church's history, but that single Christians present the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people. Far from being a burden, then, Christian singleness is among the highest vocations of the faith.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 336 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781514004869
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781514004852
- Publisher:
- InterVarsity Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/09/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Danielle Treweek.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Religion and Spirituality
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Kutter Callaway