A New Ecumenism? Christian Unity in a Global Church
The author asks if a new ecumenism might be emerging, one that can bring the burgeoning new Pentecostal-charismatic-independent churches of the Global South, most of them non-liturgical or sacramental, together with the traditional churches of Europe and North America that continue to lose members....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2017]
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| In: |
Theological studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 596-613 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Developing countries
/ Protestantism
/ Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen
/ Ecumene
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Sacramentals
B Pentecostalism B World Council of Churches B Ecumenism B Protestantism B Christianity B Ecumenical Movement B Global South |
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| Summary: | The author asks if a new ecumenism might be emerging, one that can bring the burgeoning new Pentecostal-charismatic-independent churches of the Global South, most of them non-liturgical or sacramental, together with the traditional churches of Europe and North America that continue to lose members. The article assesses the recent statement of the World Council of Churches, The Church: Toward a Common Vision, seen by many of the new churches as too Western and Eurocentric, and asks if we need a new way of envisioning the ecumenical future. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563917714731 |