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Meaning of Singleness, The: Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church
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Danielle Treweek | IVP Academic
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Danielle Treweek | IVP Academic
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FORTHCOMING TITLE, ETA JULY 2023
Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises?
Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, Ælfric of Eynsham, John Paul II, and Stanley Hauerwas, she contends not only that singleness has served an important role throughout the church's history, but that single Christians present the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people.
Far from being a burden, then, Christian singleness is among the highest vocations of the faith.
328 pages.
Foreword by Kutter Callaway
Preface
Introduction: Setting the Scene
Part One: The Context of Singleness
1. Singleness in Society
2. Singleness in the Church
Part Two: The Diagnosis of Singleness
3. The Character of Christian Singleness
4. The Value and Belonging of Christian Singleness
Part Three: The Retrieval of Singleness
5. Retrieving Singleness in Church History
6. Retrieving Singleness in Biblical Exegesis
7. Retrieving Singleness in Christian Theology
Part Four: The Meaning of Singleness
8. Telling the Time
9. Making the Meaning
10. Continuing the Conversation
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index
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