Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today

Moore, G.

Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today Thumbnail


Authors



Abstract

This article is an attempt to offer insights from organisation studies to ecclesiology. To do so it draws particularly on the work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre to offer a virtue ecclesiology for today. The application of MacIntyre's conceptual framework of practices, institutions, goods and virtues to all kinds of organisations, which already exists in the field of organisation studies, is extended to the church as an organisation. It suggests that the church may be re-described as an organisation in which the practices of faith are housed within the institution of the church. On this understanding, the gift of the church to the world is not simply the practices of faith but the manner in which they are institutionalised.

Citation

Moore, G. (2011). Churches as organisations: towards a virtue ecclesiology for today. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 11(1), 45-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2010.505560

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Nov 26, 2010
Publicly Available Date Sep 16, 2012
Journal International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
Print ISSN 1474-225X
Electronic ISSN 1747-0234
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 1
Pages 45-65
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2010.505560
Keywords Church, Ecclesiology, MacIntyre, Virtue ethics, Practices, Institutions.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1512935

Files

Accepted Journal Article (158 Kb)
PDF

Copyright Statement
This is an electronic version of an article published in Moore, G. (2011) 'Churches as organisations : towards a virtue ecclesiology for today.', International journal for the study of the Christian church., 11 (1). pp. 45-65. International journal for the study of the Christian church is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1474225X.2010.505560




You might also like



Downloadable Citations