Ecumenical Theology in a Postmodern Context

In place of Modernism's timeless self-sufficiency, Postmodernism maintains an openness to multiple viewpoints and pays close attention to what has been excluded from traditional authoritative positions. This paper argues that this new phase in Western culture allows for new initiatives in Chris...

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Main Author: Brown, Neil (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1995
In: Pacifica
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 175-184
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Summary:In place of Modernism's timeless self-sufficiency, Postmodernism maintains an openness to multiple viewpoints and pays close attention to what has been excluded from traditional authoritative positions. This paper argues that this new phase in Western culture allows for new initiatives in Christian ecumenism. A new awareness of the linguistic and social conditions of thought allows the possibility of overcoming the Cartesian dualism embodied in the antithetical “sacrament” versus “proclamation” positions of classic Catholic and Protestant theologies.
ISSN:1839-2598
Contains:Enthalten in: Pacifica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9500800205