What is it about?
This work provides a theological framework (based on the image/concept of "koinonia") to help aid readers and researchers to better understand Christian Quakerism in America. The specific focus is on Christian Quaker ecclesiology (or the theology, identity, self-understanding, and practices of a church/community of faith). The goal is to provide an ecclesiological model that would help future research.
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Why is it important?
There was a gap in research and extant literature regarding theology and ecclesiology of American Christian Quakerism and the Evangelical Friends Church. This work helps partially fills the gap and provides a building block for future research. The ontological ecclesiology presented is applicable, scalable, and meshes with extant Evangelical Friends and American Christian Quaker doctrine.
Perspectives
This was a labor of love. Most of my research has been exploring the pastoral role within the Evangelical Friends church and broader American Quaker church. This work is a broader theology that is more abstract but I believe, if accepted as normative, more practical and applicable to the practical lives of churches and believers (for it helps the self-identity and self-understanding of Christian Quaker believers and churches).
Derek Brown
Barclay College
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This page is a summary of: American Christian Programmed Quaker Ecclesiology, January 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004535909_002.
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