Ecclesiology and Theosis in the Gospel of John (Hardcover)

1. The Johannine vision of community: trends, approaches, and 'narrative ecclesiology'; Part I. The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Prologue: No Churchless Christ, nor Christless Church: 2. The inclusive divine community: the Prologue's reinterpretation of God and God's people; 3. The ecclesiology of filiation and the incarnation; 4. Characterizing the Prologue's ecclesiology: the ambiguation and assimilation of John the Baptist; 5. The Prologue's 'ecclesial narrative script': ecclesiology as story arc; Part II. The Narrative Ecclesiology of the Shema: A Reappraisal of the Johannine Oneness Motif: 6. The Shema as the foundation for John's theological use of 'one': identifying and addressing reservations; 7. The Shema, John 17, and Jewish-Christian identity: oneness in narrative development; Part III. John's Narrative Ecclesiology of Participation and Deification: 8. The Fourth Gospel and deification in patristic writings; 9. Johannine theosis: deification as ecclesiology; 10. Characterizing Johannine theosis: divinized characters within the narrative; 11. Narrative pneumatology and triadic theology: the Spirit-Paraclete as the character who divinizes beyond the narrative; 12. John's narrative ecclesiology of deification: a synthesis; Bibliography.