Inspiration and Institution in Christian History: Volume 57

Bys: Andrew Spicer, Alec Ryrie, Charlotte Methuen

Since the apostolic age, Christian churches have seen a constant dialectic between inspiration and institution: how the ungoverned spontaneity of Spirit-led religion negotiates its way through laws, structures and communities. If institutional frameworks are absent or insufficient, new, creative and dynamic expressions of Christianity can disappear or collapse into disorder almost as quickly as they have flared up. If those frameworks are excessively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316514803
• ISBN13: 9781316514801
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 8.7"