Is Ecumenism Even Possible in the Context of World Christianity?

Ecumenism is difficult to achieve because Eurochristianity dominates the discourse, thus masking its complicity with oppression. Those from the global South who adopt the white Jesus of the colonizers become complicit with their own oppression. For ecumenism to occur, the decolonization of the minds...

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Main Author: De la Torre, Miguel A. 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-68
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBA Western Europe
KBK Europe (East)
KDJ Ecumenism
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B colonized mind
B Eurochristianity
B from the margins
B Global South
B white Jesus
B identity circumcision
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