Charting churches in a changing Europe: Charta Oecumenica and the process of ecumenical encounter
En route to koinonia: church communion in transition /Martien E. Brinkman --The significance of the Charta Oecumenica today: critical comments from a Protestant perspective /Kajsa Ahlstrand --An assessment of the Charta Oecumenica from a Roman Catholic perspective /Peter de Mey --Church communion an...
| Summary: | En route to koinonia: church communion in transition /Martien E. Brinkman --The significance of the Charta Oecumenica today: critical comments from a Protestant perspective /Kajsa Ahlstrand --An assessment of the Charta Oecumenica from a Roman Catholic perspective /Peter de Mey --Church communion and the reception of ecumenical dialogues: an Orthodox perspective /Dorin Oancea --Enough is enough?: preconditions for church communion from a Lutheran perspective /Oliver Schuegraf --The modern inculturation debate and the catholicity of the church /Martien E. Brinkman --The catholicity of the church: a matrix of faith and life in view of God's final kingdom /Anton Houtepen --Uniting Europe as a challenge to the future of national churches /Eddy Van der Borght --Gradual church communion as an ecumenical model?: some remarks from a Roman Catholic perspective /Johannes Oeldemann --The Roman Catholic understanding of sacramentality and its potential for church unity /Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer --From the sacramentality of the church to the sacramentality of the world /Ivana Noble --Epilogue /Bernd Jochen Hilberath --Appendix:Text of the Charta Oecumenica. The countries of Europe are seeking to redefine themselves, both individually and in relation to each other. This volume examines the role of the Christian churches at various levels of that process. The Charta Oecumenica , a ground-breaking document from the Conference of Churches in Europe and the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, aimed to set forth the ecumenical response of the European Christian Churches to the living out of faith in today's world. Four theologians, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran, respond to this document, assessing its strengths and the areas w |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 1429468068 |