The unit begins with a critical survey of the ways in which the Church has been identified and defined - often in contrast to the scriptural concepts of ‘the world’ and ‘the Kingdom of God’ - within a variety of ecclesiological traditions. Students are encouraged to reflect on their own experience of Church life in response to these definitions. Particular attention is given to Baptist and Anabaptist understandings of the Church and its relationship with society. Notions of religious freedom also will be explored particularly with reference to the plurality of contemporary Western society.
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- Teacher: Dotha Blackwood
- Teacher: Roland Sokolowski