The Transformative Church

<p>Throughout the course of his theological career Jrgen Moltmann has been interested in the ecclesial and societal consequences of systematic theology. From his first major work <b>Theology of Hope</b> to his book <b>Experiences in Theology</b> he has devoted substantive space to what each particular doctrine means for our life in this world as individuals and as a community. <b>The Transformative Church</b> explores these concerns more deeply looking at each of his major texts and highlighting themes relevant for a transformative ecclesiology. These themes are augmented by adding the perspectives of a contemporary church movement that reflects in its practices many of the same concerns. With these conversation partners Patrick Oden constructs a more substantive transformative ecclesiology one that is embedded in this world: we are to become in the church who we are to be in this world becoming whole in Christ to be a messianic people in any context.</p>