Prospects for Ecumenical Ethical Witness
Ecumenical ethics is in need of a methodology for identifying when a common moral witness exists across communions, despite apparent dissimilarities. This essay illustrates, via the case of ecological witness, the promise of internally differentiated convergence as a conceptual catalyst for that ide...
| Subtitles: | Theology of the Oikos |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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| In: |
The ecumenical review
Year: 2018, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 772-787 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church KDJ Ecumenism NCC Social ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Climate Change
B moral unity B social witness B differentiated convergence B Ecumenical ethics |
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| Summary: | Ecumenical ethics is in need of a methodology for identifying when a common moral witness exists across communions, despite apparent dissimilarities. This essay illustrates, via the case of ecological witness, the promise of internally differentiated convergence as a conceptual catalyst for that identification. Differentiated convergence is linked here with a multidimensional account of ethics to enable close examination of the ecclesial documents of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), and the United Methodist Church (UMC) - three traditions whose diverse ethical approaches and positions historically have been sources of ecumenical disagreement and contention. This investigation results in (1) the demonstration of a convergent ecumenical witness on the issue of climate change and (2) a methodological contribution to ecumenical ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12400 |