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Why Church?

Christianity as It Was Meant to Be

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Why Church?

By: Scott Cowdell PhD
Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
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An argument for the centrality of the Eucharistic church in an increasingly tribal world.

As Western culture has secularized, the church has increasingly become marginalized and is seen as providing support and optional resources, rather than indispensable to the Christian life. In this volume, theologian Scott Cowdell argues for a recovery of the church as the proper context for Christian faith, life, and mission. In Why Church? Cowdell considers how we have arrived at this moment, examining how perceptions of the church have changed in response to increasing individualism and institutional failings. Suggesting that the Eucharistic Church embodies Christ's desire to draw humankind to him, Cowdell shows how the Christian life depends on Christian community.

Written with adult formation in mind and from a perspective of generous orthodoxy, Why Church? makes a provocative case for the centrality of the church to Christian life. Discussion questions at the conclusion of each chapter offer provocative conversation starters for any adult education group.

©2024 Scott Cowdell (P)2024 Christian Audio Christianity
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Why Church is an excellent, well-argued, scholarly, but accessible work, assessing the state of the Christian Church today, what it means to be a catholic Christian and why being in the church means being gathered together under word and sacrament.

It's an ideal text for group study or for those who are struggling with faith vs. the Church.

I found the audiobook hard to listen to. Not because of the content, which is excellent, but because of the narrator's complete lack of understanding about basic pronunciations of ecclesial language, as well as the fact he struggled with names, Latin phrases and at times had very odd pronunciation even for relatively common words.

When choosing a narrator for a work that is technical and which has particular jargon associated with the book Audible MUST ensure they choose someone who has an understanding of how to pronounce terms used in the book.

An excellent work for all who ask, "Why Church?"

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