The Standing Commission on Faith and Order gathered from 14 to 21 June 2005 in Aghios Nikolaos, Crete. This title records the flow of the meeting; reports, texts from meetings, and other materials presented to the meeting; and the deliberations and decisions of the standing commission on each topic under consideration.
Offers guidelines and good practices, and encourages Christians to be intentional about the exercise of ecumenical hospitality. This book expands our appreciation for the ways Christians are called to love each other, to receive one anothers' ideas and to stretch our understanding of the abundant nature of God's love.
Drawing on his extensive experience of working in inter-faith dialogue, the author invites Christians to be confident in their encounters with people of other living faiths. He argues that Scripture and the Christian tradition offer a range of resources for engaging with people of other faiths in generous and constructive dialogue.
An analysis of the Lutheran/Roman-Catholic Joint Declaration on Justification with a focus on the method of 'Differentiated Consensus'. It brings together research and debates in ecclesiology worldwide from a network of international scholars, research centres and projects in the field.
By combining the conciliar and confessional bodies and their membership, this book demonstrates the reach of the ecumenical movement, and also shows how much broader it is than the World Council of Churches alone. It aims to remind us that ownership of the movement rests not only with the WCC, but with all the partners, and ultimately with God.
Aims at strengthening common memory of the churches' part in Latin America's recovery of human rights, especially among a younger generation that may be unaware of this chapter in ecumenical history. This book presents a testament of courage and hope in face of the humiliation, torture, and murder or "disappearance" of dissidents.
Presents the coherent exposition of Dumitru Staniloae's understanding of the Christian Church. This title brings together quality research and debates in ecclesiology worldwide from a network of international scholars, research centres and projects in the field.
A report of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee on activities and dialogue undertaken within the ecumenical fellowship between the WCC's eighth assembly in December 1998 in Zimbabwe and the final stages of preparation for the ninth assembly at Porto Alegre, Brazil, in February 2006.
With text in German, this is the report of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee on activities and dialogue undertaken within the ecumenical fellowship between the WCC's eighth assembly in December 1998 in Zimbabwe and the final stages of preparation for the ninth assembly at Porto Alegre, Brazil, in February 2006.
Written by the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, this book addresses humanity's sense of alienation and quest for identity, asking how the churches, the ecumenical movement and the World Council of Churches - divided as they are - may yet be renewed for service.
With text in French, this is the report of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee on activities and dialogue undertaken within the ecumenical fellowship between the WCC's eighth assembly in December 1998 in Zimbabwe and the final stages of preparation for the ninth assembly at Porto Alegre, Brazil, in February 2006.
A text for the churches and the ecumenical movement. It explores the legacy of Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM). It includes articles that trace the influence of BEM - and the challenge it pose - in areas such as worship, ecclesiology, the churches' social witness, and local parish life.
At the eighth assembly of the World Council of Churches in Zimbabwe in 1998, the powerful political drama entitled 'A Journey of Hope' was the beginning of a pilgrimage of conversion and above all, accompaniment with Africa. This book is a story of people who have vowed never to walk on tiptoe: people who will never again submit to humiliation.
Based on research, this anthology examines the interplay of traditional religion with the process of modernisation, and the influences that each of these forces exerts on the other. It aims to contribute to an understanding of religious life throughout the world, confronting modern issues raised in the context of religion.
Comprises reflections on postmodern ecclesiologies as well as on the development and problems concerning ecumenical methods and models of unity. This book provides some pertinent deliberations on how an ecclesiology of communion can integrate otherness. It critically examines Zizioulas' communion ecclesiology.
Stands in continuity with such ecumenical documents as Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry; in examining aspects of ecclesiology, the theological understanding of the church. This work includes contributions by authors from many Christian traditions, to the study process culminating in the report of the dialogue, The Nature and Mission of the Church.
A report of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee on activities and dialogue undertaken within the ecumenical fellowship between the WCC's eighth assembly in December 1998 in Zimbabwe and the final stages of preparation for the ninth assembly at Porto Alegre, Brazil, in February 2006.
Offers practical suggestions for implementing and strengthening spiritual ecumenism, the heart of all efforts to re-unite divided Christians. This book is grounded in the documents that have shaped the Catholic Church's engagement in seeking Christian unity.
Focuses on the major issues in ecumenical dialogue - Jesus Christ, The Holy Trinity, Justification, The Church and The Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist. This book explains the key issues at stake and offers signposts for the way forward so that the wish of Jesus may be fulfilled: That They May All Be One.
Argues that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, locked as they have been over the centuries in many kinds of mutual enmity and violence, need to join resources to resist the destructive economic and political forces now on the loose across the globe, some of which distrust among these faiths has tended to intensify.