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Article: Christian Assembly: Marks of the Church in a Pluralistic Age.(Book review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- August 1, 2007
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Christian Assembly: Marks of the Church in a Pluralistic Age. By Gordon W. Lathrop and Timothy J. Wengert. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004. 180 pages. Paper. $18.00.
In this book Lutheran historian Wengert and liturgist Lathrop ask: How do you know the Christian church when you encounter it? What are its marks? They use the idea of "the marks of the church" (notae ecclesiae) to address this question. This is primarily a book about ecclesiology, alternating analysis of early Lutheran theology with contemporary social and congregational analysis.
The authors begin with a study of "assembly" (ecclesia) that allows them to raise the question of the origins of ...