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Hope in the Ecumenical Future

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Tackles contemporary ecumenical relations from a broad and inter-church perspective.
  • Offers one of the first detailed assessments of the impact of Francis’ papacy on ecumenical dialogue.
  • Provides is a clear sense of hope for the future in a rapidly changing world and even a sense of optimism that real ecumenical progress might be made.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue (PEID)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction: Hope in the Ecumenical Future

      • Mark D. Chapman
      Pages 3-10
  3. Hope, Francis and the Ecumenical Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
  4. Hope, Practice and Pluralism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. From the Inner Being of God to Inter-Faith Dialogue

      • Chukwumamkpam Vincent Ifeme
      Pages 183-201
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 223-226

About this book

This book offers fresh insights into the contemporary state of Ecumenism. Following the election of Pope Francis, there has been a significant thaw in ecumenical relations, and there are grounds for thinking that this will continue into the future. The twelve chapters, written both by experienced ecumenical theologians as well as younger scholars, that have been gathered together in this collection, offer one of the first detailed assessments of the impact of Francis’ papacy on ecumenical dialogue. Drawing on ecumenical methodology, as well as many practical examples and illustrations, the authors discuss the developments in culture and missiology as these affect the practice of ecumenism, particularly in response to theologies of hope as well as inter-religious dialogue and pluralism. What emerges is a clear sense of hope for the future in a rapidly changing world and even a sense of optimism that real ecumenical progress might be made. 

Reviews

“These are uncertain times for ecumenism.  The real achievements of joint declarations and convergence texts are overshadowed by limited receptivity to these documents, entrenched resistance, and waning interest. Some see few reasons for optimism and more for concern.  These essays stake out grounds for hope in an age of diminished ecumenical expectations, and in the process discover shards of real wisdom, sometimes in unexpected places.” (Bradford E. Hinze, Fordham University, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Mark D. Chapman

About the editor

Mark D. Chapman is Vice-Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon and Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford. He is a Church of England priest serving three small rural parishes and Canon Theology of Truro Cathedral. He has written widely on the history of the church and its theology, and also serves as Vice-Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network. Among his recent books are Theology at War and Peace: English Theology and Germany in the First World War (2017) and The Fantasy of Reunion: Anglicans, Catholics and Ecumenism, 1833-1882  (2014).

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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