Jesus and Community: The Social Dimensions of Christian Faith

by Gerhard Lohfink

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1984

Overview

Gerhard Lohfink calls the present-day church to once again be the “contrast society,” which attracts non-believers by living what it preaches and by being different without being narrowly sectarian.

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Key Features

• Examines Jesus’ public aims with regard to Israel and the basic intentions which he had for his community of followers
• Analyzes the ministry of Jesus to discover what the church should look like today
• Explores how Jesus gathered God’s existing church, Israel

Contents

• Jesus and Israel
  • The Preaching of the Baptist
  • The Institution of the Twelve
  • The Sick Members of the People of God
  • The Prayer for Gathering in the Our Father
  • The Pilgrimage of the Nations
  • The Crisis of Israel
  • Death for the Many
  • The Reign of God and the People of God
• Jesus and His Disciples
  • The Circle of Disciples
  • The Sermon on the Mount
  • The New Family
  • The End of the Fathers
  • The Renunciation of Violence
  • The Light Burden
  • The City on the Hill
  • Jesus’ Will for Community
• The New Testament Communities in the Discipleship of Jesus
  • The Church As the People of God
  • The Presence of the Spirit
  • The Elimination of Social Barriers
  • The Praxis of “Togetherness”
  • Brotherly Love
  • The Renunciation of Domination
  • The Church as Contrast-Society
  • The Sign for the Nations
• The Ancient Church in the Discipleship of Jesus
  • The People from the Peoples
  • The Religion of Healing
  • Christian Fraternity
  • God’s Contrast-Society
  • The Christian Refusal
  • The Church and War
  • The Fulfillment of Isaiah 2
  • The Confirmation of Truth through Praxis
• Postscript: The Heritage of Augustine

Product Details

• Title: Jesus and Community: The Social Dimensions of Christian Faith
• Author: Gerhard Lohfink
• Translator: John P. Galvin
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
• Publication Date: 1984
• Pages: 224

About Gerhard Lohfink

Gerhard Lohfink is a German Catholic priest and theologian. He was Ordinarious Professor for the New Testament on the Catholic Theological Faculty at the University of Tübingen in Germany from 1976–1986.