@book{2024:joest:kommunit,
title = {Kommunität und Spiritualität},
year = {2024},
note = {[Community and Spirituality. Collected Essays] This collection of
essays and contributions from more than three decades covers the
period from the emergence of Protestant communities and their initial
rejection by the churches and fellow Christians up to their
present-day recognition and appreciation. It reports on the
development of transparochial binding common life. It also addresses
the charge that this form of life is »catholic«. Do the communities
want to be »something special«? No, insofar as they live in the
discipleship of Christ, which is incumbent upon all Christians. But
they do it especially intensely thanks to the common life in which
frictions and pains cannot fail to materialize. Where these are
endured with the help of God, a radiant and attractive power emerges.
The longer the communities exist, the more they are aware that they
carry this treasure »in earthen vessels«. This grounds their
spirituality, which is expressed in different ways in the various
representations. Insights into the life of the Jesus brotherhood of
Gnadenthal round off the collection of essays.},
edition = {1},
publisher = {EVA},
address = {Leipzig},
series = {},
volume = {},
author = {Joest, Christoph}
}