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This book contains fresh insights into ecumenism and, notwithstanding claims of an "ecumenical winter," affirms the view that we are actually moving into a "new ecumenical spring." It offers new theological insights in the areas of Christology, Pneumatology and Trinitarian theology, and discusses developments in ecumenism in the USA, UK, Australia, India, and Africa, as well as in ecumenical institutions such as the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission (ARCIC).
List of contents
1. Introduction - Virginia Miller and David Moxon.- 2. Spirit Christology: Rethinking Christo-Centric Theology - Michael Welker.- 3. God's Spirit, the Human Spirit, and the Outpouring of the Spirit - Michael Welker.- 4. Theological Horizons for an Ecumenical Future: a response to Michael Welker - Stephen Pickard.- 5. A Critical Reflection of the Role of 'Context' in Discernment, Decision-making, and Reception - Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel.- 6. Receptive Ecumenism in Africa: Lessons Learned from the Actual Faith of Everyday Christians - Stan Chu Ilo.- 7. Ecumenical Thrusts for Discernment from the Perspectives of the Indian Subcontinent - Paul Pulikkan.- 8. Chiara Lubich and Decision-making: a Spiritual Methodology of Mutual Reception Based on Christ Crucified and Forsaken - Callan Slipper.- 9. The Church Local, Regional and Universal: A Delicate Balance. A Recent Ecclesiological Statement of ARCIC III - Adelbert Denaux.- 10. United not Absorbed: The Malines Conversation Revisited - Keith Pecklers.- 11. The Anniversary of the Reformation as a Moment for Ecclesial Learning - Gerard Kelly.- 12. Receptive Ecumenism in the Context of Bilateral Dialogues - Ray Williamson.- 13. Reconciling Theology - Three Concepts for Convergence - Paul Avis.- 14. A Ministry of Mary? The Question of the Ordination of Women Revisited in Light of the Theology of Complementarity - Virginia Miller.- 15. Ecumenism for a Global Church: Can the Churches of the West and those of the Global South Learn From Each Other? - Thomas Rausch.- 16. Discerning the Call of the Spirit to Theological-Ecclesial Renewal: Notes on Being Reasonable and Responsible in Receptive Ecumenical Learning - Paul D. Murray.- 17. Does Receptive Ecumenism Have a Future? - Peter Carnley.
About the author
Virginia Miller is a research fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia.
The Most Rev’d. Sir David Moxon is Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia.
The Rt. Rev’d Prof. Stephen Pickard is the Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, and Director of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology. Both centres are under the aegis of Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia.
Summary
This book contains fresh insights into ecumenism and, notwithstanding claims of an “ecumenical winter,” affirms the view that we are actually moving into a “new ecumenical spring.” It offers new theological insights in the areas of Christology, Pneumatology and Trinitarian theology, and discusses developments in ecumenism in the USA, UK, Australia, India, and Africa, as well as in ecumenical institutions such as the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission (ARCIC).
