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Public Theology as Mediation: Navigating the Dutch Protestant Church's Public Calling in a Hypermediated World☆

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 94-114, January 2026.
Abstract The article explores Christianity's role in society through public theology, particularly in relation to the public calling of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). It advocates for reflecting on the dichotomy of church/world through the lens of divine mediation, challenging traditional dualisms and emphasizing a ‘soft difference ...
Rachèl Blokhuis‐Koopman
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The Public Character of Church in the Digital Age☆

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 75-93, January 2026.
Abstract The rise of digital technology in recent decades has led to a rapid change of communication and interaction within society and its public dimensions. As this shift in the technological landscape raises theological questions about the appropriate ecclesial use of digital technology, it also touches upon fundamental questions about the church's ...
Benedikt Levin Heymann
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Mαptʋpɩα [witness] in John 1-4 : towards an emerging, missional ecclesiology [PDF]

, 2011
Theological investigation of the Μαρτνρια [witness] lexeme in John 1-4 contributes significantly towards an understanding of an emerging, missional ecclesiology.
Smit, Guillaume Hermanus
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The Contributions of Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar to Ecumenical Missional Ecclesiology [PDF]

, 2013
This dissertation, “The Contributions of Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar to Ecumenical Missional Ecclesiology,” will explore the ecclesiological insights of these two twentieth-century theologians as well as their relevance to the contemporary ...
Cheung, Man Chung
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What has Nicaea to do with Canterbury? Creeds, Councils, Tradition and the Fathers in the Church of England and the Anglican Communion

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 525-549, October 2025.
Abstract This article charts the Council of Nicaea's (325) relevance to the Anglican Tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day, as manifested through Anglicanism's engagement with the Nicene Creed, its attitude towards early ecumenical councils, its appeals to ‘the Fathers’ and its approach to ‘tradition’, particularly in relation to ...
E. S. Kempson
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ITE, MISSA EST! A Missional Liturgical Ecclesiology [PDF]

, 2016
Since the latter half of the twentieth-century, a great many churches and ecclesial communities have agreed that the basic contours of what is called an ecclesiology of communion represents their own self-understanding.
Schlesinger, Eugene Richard
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Reading the Creed in the Light of Pentecost: An Eastern European Pneumatic Reflection

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 507-524, October 2025.
Abstract Reading the Creed through pneumatic lenses is essential for understanding both humanity's eschatological destiny in the likeness of the Trinity and the consistently triune economy of salvation. In light of this assertion, the essay highlights aspects of the Creed's explicit and implicit pneumatology, offering a reflection from an Eastern ...
Daniela C. Augustine
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Trinity and mission: challenges to a reformed witness in Africa today

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2004
The paper explores the possibility of a Reformed missional response to the present moment in Southern Africa. The basic thesis is that two of the Reformed tenets theo-centrism and intellectual reflection as part of a holistic vocation are especially
Rian Venter
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The Past Requires Reconciliation

The Ecumenical Review, Volume 77, Issue 3-4, Page 205-221, July–October 2025.
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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A vision for the sending of the Church in Botswana

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2011
The purpose of this article was to present a vision (of a preferred future) for the southern African ecclesia, based on an accurate understanding of what can be termed a missional ecclesiology.
Desmond Henry
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