Sustaining the Hope for Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue in a Postmodern World - Couverture souple

Brigham, Erin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814680224 ISBN 13 : 9780814680223

Editeur : Liturgical Press, 2012

Synopsis

What is unity and how does it serve as a goal for ecumenical dialogue? How can churches, ecumenical organizations, ministers, and theologians effectively approach this goal in the twenty-first century? Sustaining the Hope for Unity offers a methodological reflection on these questions using insights of contemporary critical theory.

With particular attention to the work of Jürgen Habermas, the book develops a framework for exchanging religious narratives in a postmodern context marked by pluralism and ambiguity. Using this framework to address questions that have emerged out of the life of the World Council of Churches, Sustaining the Hope for Unity argues that unity must be imagined eschatologically in order to achieve inclusive and non-coercive dialogue between diverse Christian communities. Looking ahead to ecumenism in the twenty-first century, it makes a case for the role of the WCC as a public space for the exchange of religious narratives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Erin Brigham directs the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition and teaches in the department of theology and religious studies at the University of San Francisco. She also directs the St. Ignatius Institute, a living-learning community rooted in academics, spirituality, and solidarity. Her books include Sustaining the Hope for Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue in a Postmodern World (Liturgical Press, 2012) and Church as Field Hospital: Toward an Ecclesiology of Sanctuary (Liturgical Press, 2021). She grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana and now lives in the Richmond District with her family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liturgical Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814680224
• ISBN 13: 9780814680223
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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