02591cam a22003255i 4500 9783319408323 ENG 230 SCH Schmiedel, Ulrich. Elasticized Ecclesiology : The Concept of community after ernst troeltsch 1st ed. 2017. Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 312 pages Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue Introduction. Church(es) in Crisis -- Part I. Religiosity -- 1. The Traces of Trust -- 2. The Drive for Difference -- 3. The Togetherness of Trust -- Part II. Community -- 4. The Construction of Community -- 5. The Attack on Alterity -- 6. The Promise of Plurality -- Part III. Identity -- 7. The Trouble with Trust -- 8. The Power of Practice -- 9. The Elasticization of Ecclesiology -- Conclusion. Crisis in Church(es). This study confronts the current crisis of churches. In critical and creative conversation with the German theologian Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923), Ulrich Schmiedel argues that churches need to be "elasticized" in order to engage the "other." Examining contested concepts of religiosity, community, and identity, Schmiedel explores how the closure of church against the sociological "other" corresponds to the closure of church against the theological "other." Taking trust as a central category, he advocates for a turn in the interpretation of Christianity-from "propositional possession" to "performative project," so that the identity of Christianity is "done" rather than "described." Through explorations of classical and contemporary scholarship in philosophy, sociology, and theology, Schmiedel retrieves Troeltsch's interdisciplinary thinking for use in relation to the controversies that encircle the construction of community today. The study opens up innovative and instructive approaches to the investigation of the practices of Christianity, past and present. Eventually, church emerges as a "work in movement," continually constituted through encounters with the sociological and the theological "other." . Political philosophy. Psychology and religion. Religion and sociology. Religion-Philosophy. Social sciences-Philosophy. Theology. Christian Theology. Philosophy of Religion. Political Philosophy. Religion and Psychology. Social Philosophy. Sociology of Religion. BK 0 0 0 0 HMI HMI GEN 2025-01-21 Director Sir 10762.00 0 230 SCH 11-4866 2025-01-21 2025-01-21 BK 23521 23521