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- Title
The Self and the Collapsed Other: Towards Defining Free Church Identity and Mission in a Post-Christendom Age.
- Authors
Bartholomä, Philipp F.
- Abstract
Classical free churches in Germany emerged in a context of 'enduring Christendom' and thus defined themselves to a significant degree as antitypes to the mainline church. This article suggests that their collective identity was generated from the beginning through a process of ecclesiological differentiation which has important implications for free churches today. Due to the fact that they now face an increasingly post- Christian, secular environment, it is no longer a viable option to determine their ecclesial identity and missional praxis in opposition and reference to other Christian groups within the sphere of a Christendom culture.
- Subjects
GERMANY; FREE churches; CHURCH buildings; CHRISTIANITY; MISSIOLOGY; SECULARIZATION
- Publication
Baptistic Theologies, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 2, p53
- ISSN
1803-618X
- Publication type
Article