Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Impossible futures and the ethics of hopelessness: learnings from Black liberation system entanglements part III. [PDF]
Udoewa V.
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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Grounded theology: a co-constructivist "two books" approach to qualitative research. [PDF]
Amundson GJ.
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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Mindfulness as the missing link in spiritual care: Reframing palliative care practice through presence. [PDF]
Corpuz JC.
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Defrosting humanism: Losing my ethical worldview in the wake of October 7th and Israel's retaliation
Abstract This auto‐ethnographic analysis describes the loss of my ethical worldview and my attempts to regain it following the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli retaliation. On October 7th, I was unable to feel compassion for the people of Gaza or to take action against the Israeli retaliation, aspects that I used to see as ...
Yael Assor
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Therapeutic Sociality: Empathy and care amongst distressed Ethiopian domestic workers
Abstract Ethiopian migrant domestic workers frequently experience violence and abuse during employment, which can lead to serious emotional and mental distress. After returning to Ethiopia, some distressed women receive care at residential facilities specifically dedicated to rehabilitating returned domestic workers.
Eva Melstrom
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Baptist church and empowerment of women and girls with disabilities in Mhondoro-Ngezi. [PDF]
Mugoni G, Sipeyiye M.
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Disability and a theology of hope
I am going to look at some real problems we have, not problems associated with disability but problems that perhaps feed some of the discriminatory attitudes that are attached to lives of disability. I have picked out four problems, what I want to call dis-eases, feeling ill at ease: first, the dis-ease of loneliness; second, the dis-ease of idolising ...
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