A Reformed Voice in the Ecumenical Discussion

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-31529-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Studies in Reformed Theology

In A Reformed Voice in the Ecumemenical Discussion Martien E. Brinkman offers a critical account of the main international ecumenical developments of the last three decades. He delivers a sketch of the Reformed contribution to the ecumenical dialogues dealing with issues like contextuality, state-church relations, the ethical implications of baptism, the church as sacrament of the kingdom and apostolic tradition.

He pleas for a stronger non-Western input in the ecumenical discussions and emphasizes that in many contexts (Indonesia, India, China) the interreligious dialogue has become part of the inner-Christian dialogue. This study can be considered as a constructive contribution to the development of a hermeneutics of tradition and puts itself the critical question what is lost and found in translation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brinkman, Martien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Ökumenik, Konfessionskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Introduction

Part 1 Unity of the Church
Unity: A Reformed Contribution
Truth and Diversity
State and Church: The South African Case

Part 2 Sacraments of the Church
Baptism as an Indispensable Part of a Sound Public Theology
A Too Optimistic Approach?
The Church as Place of Forgiveness and Freedom
A Plea for Christ as the Righteous and Merciful Judge
The Church as Sacrament of the Kingdom

Part 3 Ministry
Mutual Recognitions of Baptism
The Church as Communion
An Emerging Consensus on Papal Primacy?
Episkopè

Part 4 Tradition Hermeneutics
A Common Confession of Faith
The Theological Basis for the Local-Universal Debate
From Ecumenical to Intercultural Theology

Epilogue
Literature
Index of Names and Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Martien E. Brinkman, Ph.D. (1979), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is emeritus Professor of Ecumenical/Intercultural Theology. He has published several monographs, including Progress in Unity? (Peeters/Eerdmans, 1995), The Tragedy of Human Freedom (Rodopi, 2003) and The Non-Western Jesus (Equinox 2009).