The Contestable Church: Dissent, Democracy, and Baptist Ecclesiology - Paperback

The Contestable Church: Dissent, Democracy, and Baptist Ecclesiology - Paperback

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The Contestable Church: Dissent, Democracy, and Baptist Ecclesiology - Paperback

The Contestable Church: Dissent, Democracy, and Baptist Ecclesiology - Paperback

$35.00

by Christopher L. Schelin (Author)

Baptists have a well-earned reputation as a contentious people. Lacking a centralized authority to settle disputes, and defending the conscience of each believer, they have excelled at conflict and division. But perhaps the resolution of this scandal is not for Baptists to stop fighting, but to learn to fight better. Christopher L. Schelin reconsiders Baptist ecclesiology from the perspective that conflict is not merely inevitable but is essentially constructive for the church's discernment of the mind of Christ. Enlisting the support of radical democratic political theory, as exemplified in the work of Romand Coles, the author argues that it is precisely through hospitable encounters with difference and disagreement that new possibilities emerge. Schelin invites Baptists not to shy away from conflict, employing convergences with radical democracy to reimagine key doctrinal themes such as soul competency, the priesthood of believers, and pastoral authority.

Author Biography

Christopher L. Schelin is dean of students at Starr King School for the Ministry in California and a senior research fellow at the International Baptist Theological Study Centre in the Netherlands. He holds an MDiv from Duke University and a PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research interests include Baptist history and theology as well as the interactions between religious traditions, political liberalism, and democracy.

Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.98 x 6.06 IN
Publication Date: May 01, 2024

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