American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology

Derek Brown, Ph.D. (2017), Johnson University, is Vice President for Academic Services and Professor of Practical Theology at Barclay College. He has previously published an Evangelical Friends pastoral theology, On Quakers and Pastors (Barclay Press, 2019).

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1. Introduction

1.1. Justification of Research

1.1.1. Pragmatic, Practical Ecclesial Identity

1.1.2. Adoption of the Pastoral System

1.1.3. Lack of a Deductive, Normative Ecclesiology

1.1.4. Evangelicalism not Conducive to Ecclesiology

1.2. Scope of Research

1.2.1. American

1.2.2. Christian

1.2.3. Programmed

1.2.4. Quaker

1.2.5. Local Church

1.3. Overview of this Book

2. Ecclesiology

2.1. Ecclesiology 'From Above' or 'From Below'

2.2. Ontological Ecclesiology

3. Images and Marks of the Church

3.1. Biblical Images of the Church

3.1.1. Ekklesia

3.1.2. People of God

3.1.3. Body of Christ

3.1.4. Temple of the Holy Spirit/God's Temple

3.2. Marks of the Church

3.3. Conclusion

4. Survey of Quaker Ecclesiological Thought

4.1. Early Quaker Ecclesiology

4.1.1. George Fox's Ecclesiological Imagery

4.1.2. Robert Barclay's Apology

4.2. Adoption of the Pastoral System

4.2.1. Richmond Declaration

4.3. Evangelical Friends

4.3.1. Ecclesiological Themes

4.3.2. Affirmation of the Friends 'Church'

4.3.3. Invisible/Visible Church

4.3.4. Church and the New Covenant

4.3.5. Body of Christ, Christ as Head

4.4. Contemporary Quaker Ecclesiological Research

4.4.1. Jennifer Buck's Reframing the House

4.4.2. C. Wess Daniels' A Convergent Remodel of Renewal

4.5. Conclusion

5. Comparative Analysis: Three Theologians

5.1. Hans Küng

5.1.1. Summary of Küng's Ontological Views

5.1.2. Küng's Contribution

5.2. Wolfhart Pannenberg

5.2.1. Summary of Pannenberg's Ontological Views

5.2.2. Pannenberg's Contributions

5.3. Miroslav Volf

5.3.1. Summary of Volf's Ontological Views

5.3.2. Volf's Contributions

5.4. Conclusion

6. Single-Image Ontological Model

6.1. 'Single-Image' Model

6.2. Ontological Model

6.3. Purpose of a Single-Image Ontological Ecclesiology

6.4. Gerben Heitink's Practical-Theological Ecclesiology

6.5. Conclusion

7. Koinonia as Single-Image Ecclesiological Model

7.1. Biblical Understandings of Koinonia

7.2. Koinonia, not 'Communion Ecclesiology'

7.3. Theological Implications of a Koinonia Ecclesiology

7.4. Conclusion

8. Support for a Koinonia Ecclesiology

8.1. Biblical, Christian Ecclesiology

8.2. Continuity of Liturgical Plene Esse

8.3. Connection with Historical Quakerism

8.4. Precedent in United Methodist Ecclesiological Research

8.5. Critical Attitude towards Bureaucracy

8.6. Theological Enrichment of 'Normal' Church Tasks

8.7. Ecclesiastical Repentance, Relocation, and Reengagement

8.8. Scalability

8.9. Conclusion

9. Implementation and Areas of Further Research

9.1. Connecting Ontology and Teleology

9.2. Koinonia Ecclesiology at Yearly Meeting Level

10. Conclusion



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