**The Failure of Denominationalism and the Future of Christian Unity
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One of the unforeseen results of the Reformation was the shattering
fragmentation of the church. Protestant tribalism was and continues to
be a major hindrance to any solution to Christian division and its
cultural effects. In this book, influential thinker Peter Leithart
critiques American denominationalism in the context of global and
historic Christianity, calls for an end to Protestant tribalism, and
presents a vision for the future church that transcends post-Reformation
divisions.
Leithart offers pastors and churches a practical agenda, backed by
theological arguments, for pursuing local unity now. Unity in the church
will not be a matter of drawing all churches into a single, existing
denomination, says Leithart. Returning to Catholicism or Orthodoxy is
not the solution. But it is possible to move toward church unity
without giving up our convictions about truth. This critique and defense
of Protestantism urges readers to preserve and celebrate the central
truths recovered in the Reformation while working to heal the wounds of
the body of Christ.