The pursuing unity in a fragmented Church Leithart, Peter J. creator author. text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, Michigan Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group c2016 2016 monographic eng

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x, 225 pages : 24 cm An interim ecclesiology -- - Movement one : Church united -- Evangelical unity -- A reformed Church -- The end of Protestantism -- -- Movement two : Church divided -- The case for denominationalism -- The case against denominationalism -- Denominationalism's dividing walls -- Intermezzo -- From glory to glory : the pattern of history -- Movement three : divided Church dissolving -- The restructuring of global Christianity -- American denominationalism and the global Church -- American denominationalism in the Twenty-First century -- Movement four : United Church reborn -- A way forward : from present to future. Peter J. Leithart. Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222) and index. Protestantism Protestant churches Christian union Protestant churches United States Denominationalism. Reformational Catholicism. BX4817 .L45 2016 280/.4 9781587433771 (cloth) 2016022624 DLC 160601 20210113090424.0 19115615 eng