Höschele Adventist Interchurch Relations

A Study in Ecumenics
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-8470-1463-8
Verlag: V&R Unipress
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 84, 511 Seiten

Reihe: Kirche - Konfession - Religion

This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventhday Adventist interchurch relations - a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been underresearched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics - such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism.

Stefan Höschele is Professor of Systematic Theology & Adventist Studies at Theologische Hochschule Friedensau, Germany. He served in Algeria (1993-94) and Tanzania (1997-2003) and has taught at Friedensau since 2003.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Höschele, Stefan