Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology’s Revolutionary Century
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Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology’s Revolutionary Century  -     By: Myles Werntz

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The church changed tremendously in the 20th century---new churches emerged and old ones were renewed. Werntz explores this interesting period and shows how the church's four marks were remade, contested, and reaffirmed in surprising, innovative ways. He also asks what it means to say the church is "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" amid so many diverse alternatives. 208 pages, softcover from Baker.

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Title: Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology’s Revolutionary Century
By: Myles Werntz
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Vendor: Baker Academic
Publication Date: 2025
Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 1540960080
ISBN-13: 9781540960085
Stock No: WW960081

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The church changed tremendously in the twentieth century, with new churches emerging and old churches being renewed. This period encompassed the birth of the World Council of Churches, the rise of American evangelicalism, the Second Vatican Council, the coming of age of charismatic Christianity, and more.

In this book, Myles Werntz explores the landscape of twentieth-century ecclesiology and shows how the four marks of the church were remade, contested, and reaffirmed in surprising and innovative ways in the course of this turbulent century.

Werntz asks what it means to say that the church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic amid so many diverse alternatives. He explains how the many dynamics of the twentieth century posed both theological and ethical challenges for confessing the marks of the church but also what promise comes from expanding our vision of how God might be at work across traditions. Werntz shows that the four marks of the church can help us see what the last century brought and what we might learn from it now. He also provides guidance for the future of the twenty-first century church. The book includes a foreword from Ephraim Radner.

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Myles Werntz (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of theology and director of the Baptist Studies Center at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. He is the author and editor of eight other books in Christian theology and ethics, most recently From Isolation to Community and A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence (coauthored with David C. Cramer).

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