商品簡介
Ecumenical Ecclesiology brings together European, North American and Asian theologians discussing the concept, life, unity and future of the church. Edited by Gesa E. Thiessen, these articles offer a wealth of broad perspectives on ecclesiology by scholars from Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox backgrounds, Ecumenical Ecclesiology significantly contributes to current thinking on the ecumenical quest for unity, on communion ecclesiology, and it offers reflections on the church in global and local contexts.
`Guided by an editor at once theologically critical and ecumenically compassionate, these authors follow her lead in bringing historically informed theory to bear on the contemporary contexts and practices of ecclesial bodies. The volume delivers what the best of such collections achieve: a range of provocative questions sure to incite further academic inquiry with confidence and newfound ecumenical purpose.' Bruce T. Morrill, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
`Those with a serious interest in theology, but who think that ecumenism has become a boring and interminable debate among clerics, will be pleasantly surprised by this volume. It shows that internal divisions, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, have now reached the stage of ecumenical problems in their own right, though in both cases the resources are there to tackle them. New light is shed on communion ecclesiology in Orthodoxy and the sharp disagreements to which it gives rise.' John D'Arcy May, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
`A useful and insightful guide through the complex contemporary debate on how the church could be one without losing its many faces and particularities. It offers a rich variety of contributions from diverse denominational and cultural backgrounds committed to the re-evaluation of older models of ecumenism while sharing their desire for the church's celebration, witness and service in the world not to be disrupted by divisions.' Ivana Noble, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
作者簡介
Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen is a lecturer at Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, Ireland.
