This book explores how Seventh-day Adventists, like other Christians, can benefit from generating their own version of communio ecclesiology. It starts by offering a critical analysis of the status quo of the existing Adventist portrayal of church as remnant, and suggests potential ways of moving this tradition forward. To articulate a more rounded and comprehensive vision of the church's rich and multifaceted relational nature, this book draws on the mainstream Christian koinonia-based framework. Consequently, it provides possible solutions to some of the most divisive ecclesial issues that Christian communities face today regarding church structure, ministry, mission, communal interpretation, and reform. As it sets on a new footing the conversation between Adventism and other mainstream Christian traditions, the methodology of this book serves as a pathway for any Christian community to use when revisiting and enhancing its own current theologies of the church.

Articulates a Seventh-day Adventist version of communio ecclesiology Brings traditional distinctive ideas of Seventh-day Adventist theology into dialogue with a dominant theological theme of the modern ecclesiology, which focuses on koinonia and communio Provies a rounded and systematically articulated concept of church from an Adventist perspective

Autorentext

Tihomir Lazi works as a Lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Newbold College of Higher Education in England, and as the Director of Public Campus Ministry (or Student Ministry) at the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- Part I: Church as Remnant: Setting the Stage.- 2. Seventh-Day Adventism at Crossroads.- 3. Adventist Remnant Ecclesiology: A Brief Historical And Bibliographical Survey.- 4. A Critical Assessment of Adventist Understanding of the Church as Remnant .- Part II: Church as Koinonia: Enhancing the Vision.- 5. Communio Ecclesiology: A New Ecclesiological Opportunity.- 6. The Trinity and the Church: Towards a Participatory Ecclesiological Vision.- Part III: Remnant in Koinonia: Confronting the Issues.- 7. Overcoming Adventist Ecclesiological Impasses.- 8. Conclusion and Recommendations.