Friendship: Exploring its Implications for the Church in Postmodernity

Is the Church a community of friends? Steve Summers explores the significance of friendship for our understanding of the church today. Since Jesus’ statement in St John’s gospel I call you friends the concept of friendship has had a huge influence on the Christian understanding of community. But is the historical understanding of friendship enough to serve the needs of the church in a post-modern age? Steve Summers explores the limits of the concept as well as it’s possible use in contemporary ecclesiology.