A Theology of Authority: Rethinking Leadership in the Church - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christa L. McKirlandTheme:Religious Orientation/ChristianPublish date:2025-11-04Pages:288
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Baker AcademicISBN-13:9781540968166ISBN-10:1540968162UPC:9781540968166Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Leadership, Christian MinistryBook Topic:Ecclesiology, Pastoral ResourcesSize:8.95 x 6.14 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9Product ID:SCMSEJR4EJ
Is authority reserved for those with a specific calling to leadership? Who holds power in the church? Does authority have limits? Are teaching and preaching the most important practices of authority?
Our understanding--and misunderstanding--of authority has significant implications for our individual and corporate flourishing. In A Theology of Authority, Christa McKirland challenges our assumptions about authority, power, and leadership. With a focus on low-church traditions, she examines authority through the lens of analytic philosophy and biblical theology to offer a theological definition of authority. She also tackles questions related to divine and human authority, Scripture, and practices typically related to ordination: preaching, teaching, serving communion, baptizing, church discipline, and vision casting.
A Theology of Authority expands our understanding of authority, recognizing the Spirit's enablement of each member to fulfill their calling to spiritual maturity. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the nuances of authority and power and how we relate to one another as siblings in Christ.
Our understanding--and misunderstanding--of authority has significant implications for our individual and corporate flourishing. In A Theology of Authority, Christa McKirland challenges our assumptions about authority, power, and leadership. With a focus on low-church traditions, she examines authority through the lens of analytic philosophy and biblical theology to offer a theological definition of authority. She also tackles questions related to divine and human authority, Scripture, and practices typically related to ordination: preaching, teaching, serving communion, baptizing, church discipline, and vision casting.
A Theology of Authority expands our understanding of authority, recognizing the Spirit's enablement of each member to fulfill their calling to spiritual maturity. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the nuances of authority and power and how we relate to one another as siblings in Christ.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Baker AcademicISBN-13:9781540968166ISBN-10:1540968162UPC:9781540968166Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Leadership, Christian MinistryBook Topic:Ecclesiology, Pastoral ResourcesSize:8.95 x 6.14 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.9Product ID:SCMSEJR4EJ
Christa L. McKirland (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is dean of faculty and lecturer in systematic theology at Carey Baptist College in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She focuses especially on theological anthropology and is the author God's Provision, Humanity's Need: The Gift of Our Dependence. She is also the executive director of Logia International, an organization that seeks to encourage women to pursue postgraduate theological study for the sake of the academy and church.
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