The Meaning of Singleness

Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church

By: Danielle Treweek, Kutter Callaway (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 6 July 2023

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Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises? Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, AElfric of Eynsham, John Paul II, and Stanley Hauerwas, she contends not only that singleness has served an important role throughout the church's history, but that single Christians present the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people. Far from being a burden, then, Christian singleness is among the highest vocations of the faith.

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"Protestants often forget the rich history of the church as it dealt with singleness. This book addresses that lacuna and reminds the church that celibate singleness is an important witness to the future reality of the resurrected world and life. Treweek's work to retrieve a tradition that understands singleness to be eschatologically significant offers both a genuine encouragement to Christian single people and a faithful challenge to the church at large."

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