A charismatic model of the church : Edward Irving's teaching in a 21st-century Chinese context / by David Lee.
Edward Irving (1792-1834) has been known as a controversial pastor-theologian in nineteenth-century Britain, particularly given his belief that Christ took on sinful flesh in His incarnation. This book focuses on Irving's teaching of the church as the body of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit and the eschatological community in holiness. It explores Irving's emphasis upon the exalted humanity of Christ after His resurrection in relation to the church. Such a Christ-centred and Spirit-empowered concept of the church has relevance to the twenty-first century church in China as the Chinese c.
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- ISBN: 9781527512085
- ISBN: 1527512088
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 321 pages)
- Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
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General Note: | "This book is a revised PhD thesis"--Preface. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-318) and index. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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