Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent - Revised Edition: 9781626985384

He has added a new preface and conclusion to this edition, which relates the themes of this volume to the ecclesiological developments under Pope Francis

Capturing the dynamics of the church today, both in theological and in social terms, this book confirms the truth of the Venerable Bede’s saying, ’Every day the church gives birth to the church’ by integrating traditional ecclesiologies of the North with emerging insights from elsewhere around the globe.

Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz is the Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College and the current chair of the BC Theology department. Dr. Gaillardetz previously taught at the University of Toledo from 2001 to 2011 as the Thomas and Margaret Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo and at the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Theology in Houston from 1991 to 2001. He received a BA in Humanities from the University of Texas, an MA in Biblical Theology from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, and both an MA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame in Systematic Theology. He has published numerous articles and has authored or edited thirteen books.