| Preface |
1 |
| Part I. The Foundation of the Church |
3 |
| I. Jesus Is Who Israel Expected |
3 |
| 1. Identity of Jesus |
4 |
| a. Who is Jesus? |
7 |
| b. Jesus Christ is the Messiah |
9 |
| c. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living |
12 |
| 2. The Suffering Messiah |
13 |
| a. Jesus Above the Law: The Blasphemer |
15 |
| b. Jesus Rebels Against Authority |
17 |
| c. Jesus is Forsaken by God |
20 |
| 3. The Eschatological Jesus |
21 |
| a. Jesus Rises From the Dead |
26 |
| b. The Exalted Jesus Christ and His Coming |
35 |
| II. The Origin of the Church |
35 |
| 1. The Messiah and the Beginning of the |
36 |
| a. Jesus Christ, the Foundation of the |
39 |
| b. Jesus Christ, the Founder of the Church |
41 |
| c. Jesus Christ, the Author of Faith |
43 |
| 3. The Holy Spirit and the Formation of the |
44 |
| Concluding Remarks of Part I |
49 |
| Part II The Church of Jesus Christ |
51 |
| III. The Marks of the Church |
52 |
| 1. The Unity of the Church |
53 |
| a. Trinitarian Unity |
55 |
| b. Christological Unity |
56 |
| c. The Means, Signs and Sources of the Unity of the Church |
63 |
| d. The Ecumenical Church |
66 |
| e. Unity in Diversity |
68 |
| 2. The Holy Church |
68 |
| a. Holiness |
69 |
| b. Jesus and the Holy Church |
71 |
| c. Setting Apart |
73 |
| d. Reformata and Reformanda |
75 |
| e. Holiness in Poverty |
75 |
| 3. The Catholic Church |
77 |
| a. Catholicity and Unity |
78 |
| b. Catholicity and Universality |
79 |
| c. Catholicity and Orthodoxy |
80 |
| d. Catholicity and Particularity |
82 |
| e. Catholicity and the Church’s Universal Mission |
83 |
| 4. The Apostolic Church |
84 |
| a. Apostolic Succession |
86 |
| b. The Elements of the Apostolic Succession |
88 |
| c. The Apostolic Commission |
90 |
| d. Apostolicity and Papal Primacy |
107 |
| Concluding Remarks of Chapter III |
108 |
| IV. The Church of Hope |
112 |
| 1. The Subject of Christian Hope |
125 |
| a. The Philosophy and Theology of Hope in Parallel |
129 |
| b. The Theology of Hope |
132 |
| c. Sins Against Hope |
132 |
| d. The Rapport Between Faith, Hope and Love |
144 |
| 2. The Objects of Hope in Moltmann’s Theology |
158 |
| a. The Hope in Righteousness |
159 |
| b. A New Life of Hope in Anticipation of the Resurrection |
167 |
| c. Hope for Human Society |
172 |
| d. Hope for Nature |
192 |
| Concluding Remarks of Chapter IV |
208 |
| Part III The Church in the Power of the Spirit |
214 |
| V. The Charismatic Church |
243 |
| 1 The Structure and Method of the Charismatic Church |
244 |
| a. Sending the Holy Spirit |
244 |
| b. Ministries in the Church |
248 |
| c. Charismatic Gifts |
253 |
| d. The Church of Grassroots Communities |
257 |
| e. The Church of Fellowship |
260 |
| 2. The Church in Its Meditations of Salvation |
269 |
| a. The Gospel |
262 |
| b. Baptism |
272 |
| c. The Lord’s Supper |
278 |
| d. Worship |
283 |
| VI. The Exodus Church |
289 |
| 1. Political Theology and Liberation Theology |
298 |
| a. Political Religion |
298 |
| b. Political Theology |
299 |
| c. Liberation Theology |
308 |
| d. Feminist Theology |
323 |
| e. Minjung Theology |
330 |
| 2. The Church of Hope and Liberation |
333 |
| a. A Church of Liberation |
334 |
| b. The Church Helps Liberate the Unjust World |
339 |
| 3. The Church in the Kingdom of God |
341 |
| a. The Trinitarian Doctrine of the Kingdom |
342 |
| b. God’s Lordship in the Universal Kingdom |
344 |
| c. Anticipating the Kingdom of God |
346 |
| d. Coming Kingdom and the Church |
349 |
| Concluding Remarks of Part III |
351 |
| Part IV. An Assessment of Moltmann’s Ecclesiology |
469 |
| VII. Unity of Past, Present, and Future, in Hope |
371 |
| 1. Appraisals |
371 |
| a. Approaches |
371 |
| b. The Distinctiveness of Moltmann’s Ecclesiology |
373 |
| c. Positive Achievements |
376 |
| 2. Prospects |
381 |
| a. Points Requiring Clarification or Further Development |
381 |
| b. Problem Areas |
385 |
| 3. Evolution |
388 |
| a. From Christological to Pneumatological Perspectives |
388 |
| b. Ecological and Liberation Aspects General Conclusion |
390 |
| Bibliography |
390 |
| Name Index |
397 |
| Subject Index |
421 |
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