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The Theology of The United Church of Canada
he United Church of Canada has a rich and complex history of theological development. This volume, written for the general reader as well as students and scholars, provides a comprehensive overview of that development, together with an analysis of this unique denomination’s core statements of faith and its contemporary theological landscape. When the Methodist, Congregational, and Local Union Churches in Canada, as well as most of the Presbyterians, came together as The United Church of Canada, the theological commonalities between them were significant. Over the succeeding decades, this made-in-Canada denomination has continued to define its convictions through consensus-building and large-scale studies. This volume, written by leading scholars, outlines key faith perspectives in areas such as creation, the Trinity, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, sin, mission, and sacraments. No book like this has appeared in over seventy years, and readers will find insight here that is unparalleled in its scope. In creative tension with each individual member’s freedom of conscience, the United Church as a whole has continued to express its commonly held faith in dialogue, continuity, and critical interaction with the faith of the worldwide, historic Christian community.
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Published February 14, 2019
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January 17, 2021
Good book - terrible, horrible, decrepit, and vile theology.
This book gives straight down the middle survey of the theolog(ies)y that you'll find in the UCC. It doesn't take on more than it can chew, and it doesn't aim so low that it doesn't give enough. It feels just right. With a multi-author design, you can get a flavor of the different theologies not only via secondary sources from one author but multiple authors who write from multiple perspectives on the multiplicity of opinions and understandings in the UCC.
I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised at how utterly unorthodox and unworthy the UCC is to be called a church, but well, I was surprised anyway.
While there may be Christians within the UCC it is not a church. It is as likely to find orthodox Christians in the UCC as it is to find an orthodox Christian in the local mall. They're most definitely there but you'll have to go through a whole lot of others to get to them
This book gives straight down the middle survey of the theolog(ies)y that you'll find in the UCC. It doesn't take on more than it can chew, and it doesn't aim so low that it doesn't give enough. It feels just right. With a multi-author design, you can get a flavor of the different theologies not only via secondary sources from one author but multiple authors who write from multiple perspectives on the multiplicity of opinions and understandings in the UCC.
I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised at how utterly unorthodox and unworthy the UCC is to be called a church, but well, I was surprised anyway.
While there may be Christians within the UCC it is not a church. It is as likely to find orthodox Christians in the UCC as it is to find an orthodox Christian in the local mall. They're most definitely there but you'll have to go through a whole lot of others to get to them
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