%0 Journal Article %T Relationality and Intersubjectivity within a Socially Oriented Metaphysics: A Note on Ecclesiology %A Joseph A. Bracken %J Theological Studies %@ 2169-1304 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0040563919836216 %X Given increased attention to the themes of relationality and intersubjectivity in contemporary Christian systematic theology, the author argues that these terms are best understood within the context of a new socially ordered metaphysics in which human beings enjoy a richer life through active participation in various forms of community life. He then applies this analysis to the life of the church %K church %K ecclesiology %K Pope Francis %K intersubjectivity %K metaphysics %K panentheism %K systems theory %K Whitehead %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0040563919836216