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Ecumenism from Below

African 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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Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican Perspective

Religions, 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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Christ as the Watermark of Divine Love: Expanding the Boundaries of Eastern Orthodox Ecumenism and Interreligious Encounter

Theology Today, 2021
The article is a personal theological reflection on ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue by one of the commission of drafters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's 2020 social teaching text For the Life of the World: Toward an Orthodox Social Ethos (=FLOW).
Brandon Gallaher
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The influence of Calvin’s theology on the Conventus of Reformational Churches in Southern Africa

In 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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Ecumenical movement for millennials: A generation connected but not yet united

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
In this article the notion ‘ecumenism’ is defined as a connecting movement of reconciling diversity, and the focus is on young people, referred to as ‘millennials’ living in the present-day global village.
Yolanda Pantou
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The Reception of Receptive Ecumenism

Ecclesiology, 2021
Receptive Ecumenism (re) has been presented as a distinctive ecumenical approach for nearly fifteen years, and it is eight years since Paul Avis asked the critical question, ‘Are we Receiving Receptive Ecumenism?’ The main part of this essay addresses ...
G. Ryan
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Sociology of ecumenism: non-theological factors of emergence and development of ecumenical relations

Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2008
Characteristic features of Christianity of the twentieth century were the consolidation of his denominations around social problems and holding inter-Christian theological and missionary conferences.
Oleh S. Kyselov
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‘Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda’ Church renewal from a Reformed perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
With a view to the theme of church renewal, this article explores the role of a well-known and popular phrase in the Reformed tradition within Protestantism, that is, ecclesia reformata semper reformanda [‘the reformed church should always be reformed’].
Leo J. Koffeman
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Pentecostal Ecumenism: The Legacy of David Du Plessis

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021
This article retrieves the historical ecumenical endeavours of David Du Plessis – the South African who ended being an American citizen and the Assemblies of God credentialed minister.
K. Resane
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Ecumenism and Church Relations

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
Ecumenism refers to the wide and multifaceted movement to advance Christian fellowship and the unity of the church. The contemporary ecumenical movement was preceded by nineteenth-century missionary and youth movements mobilizing Christians from various ...
Minna Hietamäki
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