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From conciliar ecumenism to transformative receptive ecumenism [PDF]

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article attends to ecumenicity as the second reformation. The ecumenical organisations and agencies hugely influenced the theological praxis and reflection of the church during the past century.
Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel
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Juridical Ecumenism [PDF]

open access: yesEcclesiastical Law Journal, 2012
The ecumenical movement seeks to achieve Christian unity through greater visible communion between the separated (or divided) institutional Churches of Christianity worldwide. The practice of ecumenism and ecumenical theology have developed principally at the doctrinal and theological levels.
Doe, Christopher Norman
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Ecumenism from Below [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Gender and Religion (AJGR), 2016
This article explores ecumenism from below as demonstrated by women’s leagues in Zimbabwe and South Africa where Christians from different denominations worship together once every week.
Herbert Moyo
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Models of Ecumenical Dialogue in the Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура, 2022
The article is devoted to the models of ecumenical dialogue in the Russian context on the example of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
L. A. Gorodilova
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Reforming Ecumenism: Receptive Ecumenism as an Instrument for Ecclesial Transformation

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This chapter focuses on some of the key convictions and fundamental commitments which have been at work in Receptive Ecumenism from the outset and to which we need to keep returning.
Murray, Paul D.
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Towards an “Ecumenical” Council Inside of Orthodoxy!

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Ecumenism is a recurrent theme in Orthodox theological debates, but the syntagma “Orthodox ecumenism” is rarely used because it seems to be very restrictive and inappropriate. However, in exceptional situations, such as a war between two Orthodox peoples,
Nicu Dumitrașcu
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Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican Perspective

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This article reviews the history of the ecumenical movement from an English Anglican perspective, exploring its successes and limitations. It suggests that ecumenical aspirations risk being bogged down in incremental ecumenism, the pursuit of small steps
Jeremy Morris
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Ecumenism in the Context of European Secularization [PDF]

open access: yesInclusivity
This paper analyzes ecumenism in the context of contemporary European secularization, identifying the relationship between religious culture and the influence of secular European thought on Christian mission.
Ioan Zirbo
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The influence of Calvin’s theology on the Conventus of Reformational Churches in Southern Africa

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2010
The need for an ecumenical body for reformational churches in Southern Africa has been felt since the early 1990s. The key matter explored in this article is the question whether the composition and modus operandi of the Conventus reflect a trend in
C.J. Smit
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Conceptual Coherence and Theological Convergence of Christian Ecumenism and Islamic Rapprochement: A Comparative Theological Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامه کلام تطبیقی شیعه
This article undertakes a comparative analysis of Christian ecumenism and Islamic rapprochement as two theological responses to the challenge of intra-religious plurality and conflict. The central question of the study is whether, from the perspective of
Narges Shakouri   +2 more
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