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Ecumenism and Spirituality: A Protestant Perspective

Theological Studies, 1968
THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS are an attempt to assess the situation of modern Protestantism with particular attention to the interrelated questions of ecumenism and spirituality. And it is consciously from within Protestantism that ecumenism and spirituality are here regarded. This Protestant perspective is limited neither to Europe nor to America. The
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Towards a Spirituality of Receptive Ecumenical Learning

2022
AbstractThis chapter offers a reflection on the link between receptive ecumenical learning and ‘spiritual ecumenism’, or a spirituality of ecumenism understood more broadly. Drawing from a series of biblical reflections on John 14:25–31, and John 17:20–4, it draws attention to the ways that the churches are called to ‘put on the mind of Christ’.
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Mystical theology, ecumenism and church-state relations: Francesco Bellisomi (1663–1741) at the limits of confessionalism in early eighteenth-century Europe

History of European Ideas, 2019
This article reconstructs the biography of a little-known Italian priest, Francesco Bellisomi (1663–1741), in order to trace the intellectual and political dimensions of religious reformism in early eighteenth-century Europe.
Nicholas Mithen
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Transformative Spirituality and Mission: An Ecumenical Project

International Review of Mission, 2009
"... A new search for authentic spirituality has begun to build a common household ... Art and poetry, music and celebration, living together and listening to one another's stories, speaking out of the oppressed alongside the search for justice for the most wretched of the earth will be of equal importance in determining the emerging spirituality of ...
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II. Serious Spiritual Need?

HORIZONS A, 2018
As Freeman points out, the 1993 Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism generally repeats the criteria from 1972 but drops the reference to “serious spiritual need,” raising the bar to “danger of death” in paragraph 130.
Timothy M. Brunk
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Spiritual Formation for Ordained Ministry: An Ecumenical Approach

Teaching Theology & Religion, 2003
Abstract. Seminaries have a responsibility to engage students in reflecting upon the spiritual life, as well as providing opportunities to deepen their own spiritual journeys. It also is important that they consider the intentional ways that their understandings and experiences of the spiritual life influence their leadership in the Church.
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'Celtic Spirituality', Ecumenism, and the Contemporary Religious Landscape

Irish Theological Quarterly, 2002
Recent interest in what is called 'Celtic Christianity' is a phenomenon that calls for critical reflection, especially from those working in historical theology. Such reflection may reveal much that is bogus, but it can also place in perspective contemporary Christian perceptions of the traditions which formed them. This, it is argued, has relevance to
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How the Collegiate Religious and Spiritual Climate Shapes Students’ Ecumenical Orientation

Research in Higher Education, 2013
Using data from the collegiate religious and spiritual climate survey, this study examined the relationship between campus climate and ecumenical orientation. Space for spiritual support and expression, provocative encounters with worldview diversity, and challenging curricular experiences are associated with ecumenical orientations, but some effects ...
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Mission and spirituality: Ecumenical convergence and creative tensions in a new millennium

Missiology: An International Review, 2017
This article examines the discourse surrounding the concepts of “mission” and “spirituality” in the interdisciplinary fields of missiology and Christian spirituality studies at the turn of the new millennium. Borrowing the concepts of ecumenical “convergence” and “creative tension” from David J. Bosch, I argue that scholars from a variety of traditions
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Visible Unity in a Fragmented World

The Ecumenical Review
This article explores the enduring and evolving vision of visible unity as articulated by the Faith and Order movement of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
S. Dietrich
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