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Williams, John A. "Ecclesial Reconstruction, Theological Conservation." Ecclesiology 11, no. 3 (October 16, 2015): 289–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455316-01103003.
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Recent thinking and writing about the regeneration of the churches in Britain is almost always devoted to ways and means: patterns of ministry, styles of worship, methods of communication and models of mission. These contemporary approaches envisage a renewal of the churches that seemingly leaves theology untouched. This article mounts a critique of this strategy of ‘ecclesial reconstruction’ plus ‘theological conservation’ as short-sighted and overly narrow in focus. The situation contrasts with the ‘radical theology’ of the 1960s, in which it was assumed that ecclesial and theological reconstruction go together. The article asks why things are so different today. It considers a possible sociological account of this state of affairs, but argues against it, drawing on sociological and ecclesiological factors to build a case instead for the vital importance of hospitality towards critical and exploratory theological thinking in all initiatives for the reconstruction and renewal of the churches.
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Reinert, João Fernandes. "Paróquia e iniciação cristã catecumenal: uma relação urgente. A interdependência entre renovação paroquial e mistagogia catecumenal." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 74, no. 296 (October 18, 2018): 792–825. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v74i296.443.
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A transmissão da fé e sua consequente vivência eclesial-comunitária são dois desafios pastorais da atualidade. É um desafio iniciar na fé, quando já não é mais natural ser cristão; é exigente perseverar na vivência eclesial, quando cresce o assim chamado processo de desinstitucionalização religiosa ou a crença sem pertença. Repensar os caminhos da iniciação cristã e a reconfiguração eclesial é, portanto, uma tarefa urgente. A metodologia catecumenal, caminho antigo e sempre novo para iniciar na fé, apresenta-se como uma renovada chance evangelizadora. Contudo, ela depende de renovada configuração paroquial. Catecumenato e renovação paroquial se complementam e se enriquecem mutuamente. O que o catecumenato tem a dizer à renovação paroquial e em que sentido a paróquia renovada contribui para o catecumenato são questões que o Autor se propõe neste artigo.Abstract: The transmission of the faith and its consequent ecclesialcommunity experience are two pastoral challenges of today. It is a challenge to start in the faith when it is no longer natural to be Christian; and it is hard to persevere in the ecclesial experience, when the so-called process of religious deinstitutionalization or of belief without belongingnessis growing. Therefore, rethinking the paths of Christian initiation and of ecclesial reconfiguration is an urgent task. The catechumenal methodology, an ancient, and yet ever new, way of starting in the faith, presents itself as a renewed chance of evangelization. However, it depends on a renewed parochial configuration. Catechumenate and parochial renewal complement and enrich each other. In the article the author also suggests what the catechumenate has to say about the parochial renewal and in what sense the renewed parish contributes to the catechumenate.Keywords: Postmodernity. Ecclesial life. Transmission of the faith. Catechumenate. Parochial renewal.
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Aquino Júnior, Francisco De. "Panorama eclesial com o Papa Francisco." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 75, no. 300 (August 13, 2018): 990. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v75i300.277.
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Síntese: A pretensão deste artigo é provocar uma discussão sobre o atual panorama eclesial, fortalecendo e contribuindo com o movimento de renovação ou de conversão eclesial desencadeado pelo papa Francisco e formulado por ele nos termos de “Igreja em saída” para as “periferias do mundo”. Depois de algumas considerações mais gerais sobre a problemática da análise do panorama eclesial, apresenta a novidade que representa Francisco e seu projeto de uma “Igreja em saída para as periferias”, no atual panorama eclesial, e indica alguns desafios e algumas tarefas teológico-pastorais que emergem deste projeto de renovação ou de reforma eclesial. E conclui com uma convocação ao fortalecimento e ao aprofundamento teológico-pastoral deste projeto, não desperdiçando o “tempo de graça” que o Senhor nos concede.Palavras-chave: Conjuntura eclesial. Papa Francisco. Missão da Igreja. Periferias. Teologia.Abstract: The purpose of this article is to provoke a discussion about the current ecclesial panorama, strengthening and contributing to the movement of renewal or of ecclesial conversion triggered by Pope Francis and formulated by him in terms of “the Church on exit” to the “peripheries of the world “. After a few more general considerations on the issue of the ecclesial landscape analysis, the article presents the novelty that Francis and his project of a “Church on exit to the peripheries” represents in the current ecclesial scene, and indicates some challenges and some theological-pastoral tasks that emerge from this project of renewal or of ecclesial reform. It concludes with a call for the strengthening and theological-pastoral deepening of this project, so that the “time of grace” that the Lord is granting us will not be wasted.Keywords: Ecclesial conjuncture. Pope Francis. The Church’s Mission. Peripheries. Theology.
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Abram, Anna. "From Moral Theology to Ecclesial Ethics." Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN, no. 15 (September 15, 2020): 139–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.31743/snt.9383.
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The paper explores shifts and turns that over the centuries have influenced moral thinking and instructing on moral matters within the Roman Catholic tradition. The purpose of this exploration is to shed light on the current status of moral theology and identify areas for future developments. The paper proposes ‘ecclesial ethics’ as one of such areas. It views moral theology as a dynamic discipline, shaped by pressures, invitations and demands of the day. It claims that for moral theology to be relevant today, some fundamental questions (including the purpose of the discipline) must be revisited. It argues that practical realities in the lives of individuals, communities and the church as well as the Planet must be at the forefront of moral theological considerations. Contemporary moral theologians and/or theological ethicists (the paper considers this distinction) are a diverse and, we dare to add, divided group. The paper argues that building bridges in a polarised world (including the world of moral theology) needs to be a priority. The overall aim of this study is to respond positively to the call for renewal of moral theology as voiced in the ‘Decree on Priestly Formation’ of the Second Vatican Council and in several statements made by Pope Francis.
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Overturf, Kathleen. "Reflections on Renewal: Lay Ecclesial Ministry and the Church (review)." American Catholic Studies 123, no. 3 (2012): 76–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/acs.2012.0046.
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Chesnut, R. Andrew. "A Preferential Option for the Spirit: The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America's New Religious Economy." Latin American Politics and Society 45, no. 1 (2003): 55–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2003.tb00232.x.
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AbstractThe Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), the Latin American church's largest and most dynamic lay movement, demands scholarly attention for its extraordinary appeal among Catholic laity and its unanimous approval by national episcopacies. If the church is finally using mass media and other Protestant techniques for evangelization, it is because of the Charismatics, whose missionary zeal rivals that of their chief competitors, the Pentecostals. This study uses the tools of religious economy to analyze the reasons for the Renewal's rapid growth and acceptance. In attempting to explicate the CCR's success, the study also examines the major ecclesial trends during the movement's three decades in Latin America.
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Worthen, Jeremy. "Whatʼs New about Renewal in Evangelii Gaudium?" Ecclesiology 12, no. 1 (February 5, 2016): 73–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455316-01201006.
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Evangelii Gaudium sketches a vision of ecclesial renewal through deepening participation in evangelization. This vision is supported by a theology of renewal that holds together human and divine agency and distinguishes persons, practices and structures; a theology of the church that finds its identity in the dynamic of evangelization; and a theology of newness that focuses on the incarnation and the good news that proclaims it. While these foundations build on significant previous sources, there is something both creative and distinctive in how Pope Francis weaves them together. Although the parallels with recent WCC documents in related areas are not all that strong and the presentation of ecumenism itself in Evangelii Gaudium is rather marginal, there is an opportunity for reconnecting ecumenism to renewal through sharing its vision and the journey that might follow from it, as consideration of the Church of England’s recent Programme of Reform and Renewal indicates.
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Goh, Joseph N. "Gay Men, The Invention of Ecclesial Injustice, and Aspirations for Redress and Renewal." CrossCurrents 70, no. 4 (2020): 360–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cro.2020.0032.
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Gros, Jeffrey. "It Seems Good to the Holy Spirit and to Us: The Ecclesial Vocation of the Pentecostal Scholar." Pneuma 34, no. 2 (2012): 167–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157007412x639870.
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Abstract The members of the Society for Pentecostal Studies have made significant contributions to ecumenical reconciliation, to the promotion of the intellectual life in the Pentecostal and Charismatic communities, and to service to the classical Pentecostal churches in their development from a movement into mature churches in the community of Christians. For this leadership we are grateful. The Pentecostal scholar in whatever church has a calling to be of service to the whole people of God and to the churches in their task of preaching, handing on the faith and nurturing the faithful. This Society has been a place where this ecclesial vocation has been and can be nurtured. There are many intellectual challenges before the Pentecostal community as it moves into its second century as a renewal movement among Christians worldwide. This presidential address suggests three of these challenges: (1) a renewed understanding of the two thousand years of Christian history and the role of renewal movements within it, including the last century of Pentecostal service; (2) an understanding of the sacramental character of Pentecostal worship, using the example of healing as a ritual where Pentecostals have unique gifts to offer other Christians and a long heritage of sacramental thinking from which to learn; and (3) the doctrine of the church and its call to visible unity, as the institutions that serve the Pentecostal churches mature into their second century and begin to become more theologically grounded, self-reflective, and ecumenical.
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Passos, João Décio. "50 anos de renovação da Igreja na América Latina: aprendizados da história." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 78, no. 311 (April 4, 2019): 723. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v78i311.1403.
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A reflexão apresenta os pontos principais do processo de renovação eclesial ocorrido na América Latina, segundo a pauta do aggiornamento conciliar. Expõe os tópicos centrais dessa renovação e o decorrente arrefecimento que vai sofrendo no decorrer do tempo. Afirma a necessidade de que toda reforma atinja a esfera estrutural da instituição para que possa sobreviver historicamente com seus princípios e pautas. Afirma também a validade emblemática do carisma renovador da Igreja dos pobres, demarcado na Conferência de Medellín, para os dias de hoje, tanto nas Igrejas do continente, quanto para as reformas colocadas em marcha pelo Papa Francisco no conjunto da Igreja.Abstract: The reflection presents the main points of the process of ecclesial renewal that took place in Latin America, according to the agenda of the conciliar aggiornamento. It exposes the central topics of this renewal and the resulting cooling that will suffer over time. It affirms the need for any reform to reach the structural sphere of the institution so that it can survive historically with its principles and guidelines. It also affirms the emblematic validity of the renewing charism of the Church of the poor, set out in the Medellin Conference, for the present day, both in the Churches of the continent and in the reforms proposed by Pope Francisco in the Church as a whole.Keywords: Latin America; Francis; Church; The Poor and Ecclesial Reform.
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Toroczkai, Ciprian Iulian. "The Orthodox Neo-patristic Movements as Renewal of Contemporary Orthodox Theology: An Overview." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu 7, no. 1 (April 1, 2015): 94–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ress-2015-0006.
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Abstract This study is a synthesis of the author’s long-term pursuits which were completed by a doctoral thesis. He has a twofold objective: on the one hand, the first part of the study he will offer a brief review of the main names (respectively works) related to the renewal of Orthodox theology in the 20th century; on the other hand, for a better understanding of the sources of this direction of theological revival, in the second part he will analyse the idea of Sacred Tradition as ecclesial way of life. In the end, he will describe the contributions, in various theological chapters, by Orthodox neo-patristic theologians; he will also signal a series of adverse aspects.
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Knorn, Bernhard. "Theological Renewal after the Council of Trent? The Case of Jesuit Commentaries on the Summa Theologiae." Theological Studies 79, no. 1 (February 23, 2018): 107–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040563917744653.
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As part of the Catholic reform after the Council of Trent, the Jesuits Francisco de Toledo, Gregorio de Valencia, and Gabriel Vázquez further developed the theological innovations of the School of Salamanca. Their commentaries on the Summa Theologiae (ca. 1563–1604) are marked by a creative retrieval of Aquinas and other theological sources as well as by openness toward current questions. This new method of theological argumentation related past authorities and articulations of the faith more effectively to the present, in order to better preserve the ecclesial community through time.
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Wild, Mark. "Liberal Protestants and Urban Renewal." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 25, no. 1 (2015): 110–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rac.2015.25.1.110.
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AbstractThis article examines the liberal Protestant encounter with the urban renewal programs that remade U.S. cities after World War II. Suburbanization had punishing consequences for cities and threatened the already tenuous presence of liberal Protestants there. The concept of renewal—in both its religious and secular dimensions—promised a solution to these problems. Many renewalists, those clergy and laypeople who viewed deteriorating urban neighborhoods as an opportunity to restore Church unity, initially embraced urban renewal as a secular corollary to their work. But the interaction among ecclesial organizations, government, and inner city parishioners over its implementation exacerbated tensions within liberal Protestantism. Many who initially supported urban renewal came to conclude that its results did not match their own objectives. By supporting challenges to redevelopment from African Americans, Latinos, and other urban residents, renewalists criticized the Church for what they believed to be complicity in the degradation of Christian culture and the urban environment.This history demonstrates the mutual influence of culture and organizational structure within liberal Protestantism and the impact of those changes on secular society. Renewalists grappling with urban renewal programs interpreted both theological and secular concepts through their own experiences with city populations, Church bodies, government, and redevelopment agencies. Their subsequent actions prompted mainline denominational leaders to support, for a time, at least, ministries geared more towards to indigenous community development. Such ministries reflected a more pluralist conception of society and the Church's role in it. Eventually, renewalists' opponents turned this pluralist conception on its head, decentralizing the church bureaucracies that had funded their ministries. An analogous process took place in the urban renewal programs themselves, underscoring the ways in which religious and urban histories intersect.
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Williams, John A. "In Search of ‘Fresh Expressions of Believing’ for a Mission-shaped Church." Ecclesiology 12, no. 3 (October 13, 2016): 279–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455316-01203003.
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This article argues that the contemporary renewal of religious life requires that ‘fresh expressions of church’ must also and equally encourage ‘fresh expressions of believing’. The first part draws on the Schleiermacher tradition to lay out the groundwork for the kind of approach to theology that might allow such fresh expressions to begin to emerge: a theology founded in experience, shaped and formed relationally, and intrinsically reflective and critical. The second part of the article identifies some ecclesial models that could be hospitable to the nurture of fresh expressions of believing, and proposes resources drawing on traditions of mysticism, of praxis, and of deconstruction. Churches may form their identity around a mission to deepen and radicalise personal and corporate spirituality, collaborative social praxis for justice and neighbourhood renewal, or experimental postmodern styles of gathering, culturally eclectic but institutionally minimalist.
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Carroll, Janet. "Maryknoll China Symposium: Celebrating the Pastoral Renewal and Development of the Catholic Church in China." International Bulletin of Mission Research 41, no. 2 (February 3, 2017): 128–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396939317692966.
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An account of an academic symposium held at Maryknoll, NY, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the China Educators and Formators Project, sponsored by Maryknoll Society. This project brings to the United States young leaders of the Catholic Church in China, chiefly women religious and priests, for graduate studies in US colleges and universities. Selected by their local bishops and superiors, they are to equip themselves with requisite skills and capacities that, upon their return to China, resource the life of dioceses, parishes, communities, and ecclesial programs for the flourishing of the faith of the people and upbuilding of the church.
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Martin, Robert K. "New Ways of Being Church: The Promise of Fresh Expressions." International Journal of Practical Theology 23, no. 2 (November 29, 2019): 287–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2019-0040.
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Abstract In 2006, British Anglicans and Methodists organized an evangelical initiative called Fresh Expressions to start experimental faith communities. The target population was people who are not involved in church. Over the past 13 years, Fresh Expressions has expanded to almost every continent as a movement that holds together traditional, inherited church practices with entrepreneurial experimentation. It has been lauded as an incarnational approach to mission and it has been criticized for colluding with the worst of contemporary culture. This essay explores the historical development of Fresh Expressions, its unique integral approach to ecclesiology, and its potential for ecclesial renewal and reform.
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Coulter, Dale M. "The Spirit and the Bride Revisited: Pentecostalism, Renewal, and the Sense of History." Journal of Pentecostal Theology 21, no. 2 (2012): 298–319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455251-02102008.
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Early Pentecostalism embraced a historical narrative of restorationism that provided an apologetic for Pentecostal revivals by trumpeting the discontinuity with much of Christian tradition. As a counter to this restorationist historical narrative, I argue that early Pentecostalism transmitted a catholic spirituality, which explains not only how it fostered ecclesial renewal in other Christian traditions, but also offers a narrative of continuity with the history of Christianity. This catholic spirituality can be found in the way early Pentecostals fused together eschatological notions of the church as the bride with bridal mysticism to forge a theology of encounter that also offered an implicit renewal understanding of history. This fusion drew upon an eschatology of divine presence in which to encounter God was to live proleptically in the end. Restorationism, consequently, need not be tied to the narrative of discontinuity given in the latter rain, full gospel, and apostolic faith identity markers.
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Kemp, Matthew. "Toward a Theology of Church Division." Ecclesiology 15, no. 2 (May 3, 2019): 152–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455316-20180002.
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Visible divisions between Christians undercut any theological claim of the church’s unity. Ecclesiology often neglects this disunity as a subject for theological reflection, instead defaulting to either a triumphalist account of a single ecclesial body or a spiritualized, ‘invisible’ unity. Both approaches ultimately avoid, and thus perpetuate, the problem. As a corrective to these trends, this paper considers two theologians who have taken the problem seriously: Carl Braaten and Ephraim Radner. Braaten interprets the Reformation as a renewal movement within the one church, and thus sees denominationalism as a temporary situation which must be directed toward renewal and reunion. Radner argues that the present divisions undermine the legitimacy of all churches, and seeks an ecclesiology that moves beyond any justification of these divisions. By putting Braaten and Radner in conversation, this essay puts forward six insights drawn from both that contribute to deepening theological reflection on church division.
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Benga, Daniel. "Martin Luther’s Reformation Reflected in the Orthodox Theology." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu 9, no. 3 (December 1, 2017): 346–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0024.
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Abstract This article presents an evaluation of Martin Luther’s reformatory theology from the point of view of orthodox theology. To this day there are only a few orthodox theologians who have undertaken systematic analyzes of Luther’s theology. Although their attitude to Lutheran theology was critical, they underlined that Martin Luther did not want to form a new denomination. They viewed Martin Luther’s Reformation not as a renewal of ecclesial life, but as an innovation within Christianity. The ecumenical dialogues have brought about a change in the understanding of Lutheran theology, in the sense that there are some orthodox theologians who have worked out convergent Lutheran doctrines with orthodox theology.
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Brighenti, Agenor. "A situação atual do laicato e sua missão na Igreja e no mundo." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 78, no. 310 (February 5, 2019): 375. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v78i310.791.
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A volta do clericalismo tornou o laicato uma realidade relevante nos dias atuais, obrigando a teologia revisitar o itinerário dos cristãos na Igreja, tanto do ponto de vista pastoral como teológico. Este estudo faz uma abordagem da questão em dois momentos. Começa caracterizando a situação atual do laicato, sua presença e atuação no âmbito da Igreja e do mundo, assim como os avanços e retrocessos em relação à renovação conciliar e à tradição eclesial latino-americana, segundo a Conferência de Aparecida e o magistério do Papa Francisco. Na sequência, tendo presente sua situação atual, aborda a missão no laicato, ad intra e ad extra – na Igreja e no mundo –, que tem no tria munera ecclesiae, conferido a todo cristão pelo Batismo, a constituição e o serviço de um Povo todo ele profético, sacerdotal e régio.Abstract: The return of clericalism made the laity a relevant reality today, forcing theology to revisit the itinerary of Christians in the Church, both pastoral and theological. This study addresses the issue in two moments. It begins by characterizing the present situation of the laity, their presence and performance in the Church and the world, as well as the advances and setbacks in relation to the conciliar renewal and the Latin American ecclesial tradition, according to the Conference of Aparecida and the teaching of Pope Francisco. Following on from his present situation, he addresses the mission in the laity, ad intra and ad extra – in the Church and in the world – which has in the tria munera ecclesiae, conferred upon every Christian by Baptism, the constitution and service of a People all of them prophetic, priestly and royal.Keywords: Laity; Clergy; Church; World; God’s kingdom
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Canales, Arthur David. "Ministry to US Catholic LGBTQ Youth: A Call for More Openness and Affirmation." New Theology Review 28, no. 2 (March 28, 2016): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17688/ntr.v28i2.1149.
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This article evaluates the current Catholic youth ministry practice to, with, and for Catholic LGBTQ youth. The methodology utilized is both descriptive and prescriptive, and calls into question the lack of ministerial presence afforded to Catholic LGBTQ youth. The essay briefly examines the official ecclesiastical documents on homosexuality and their relevance for LGBTQ youth. Next it assesses the major US ecclesial youth ministry document, Renewing the Vision, and calls for its renewal and revision. In particular the article offers concrete recommendations for the two areas of Catholic youth ministry—advocacy and pastoral care—that would have the most positive impact for LGBTQ youth and Catholic youth ministry. Finally, the article calls for the US Catholic bishops, youth ministers, and parents to be more open and affirming with LGBTQ youth and provides some practical suggestions.
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Gopegui, Juan A. Ruiz de. "CATEQUESE E COMUNIDADE CRISTÃ." Perspectiva Teológica 37, no. 103 (May 21, 2010): 315. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v37n103p315/2005.
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O artigo, após analisar as diversas etapas da renovação catequética, sugere que muitas das dificuldades que a catequese experimenta nascem da falta de consciência de que a comunidade eclesial é o sujeito principal da catequese. Sem negar o ministério específico dos catequistas, isso significa que toda a vida da comunidade – sua estruturação comunitária, suas celebrações litúrgicas, sua ação missionária, seus serviços sociais e atitudes políticas – deve ser catequese viva, contribuindo para o crescimento da fé de cada membro da comunidade. Exige também a interação entre o ministério específico dos catequistas e a vida da comunidade, que por sua vez deverá refletir o que é transmitido nas catequeses específicas. No nível universal: Renovação conciliar da Igreja e Catequese renovada se condicionam reciprocamente.ABSTRACT: After analysing the various steps of catechesis renewal, the article suggests that much of its difficulties come from not being aware that the ecclesial community is the main subject of the catechesis. Without denying the specific ministry of catechist, it means that the whole community life – its communal structure, liturgical celebrations, missionary action, social services, and political attitudes – should be an active catechesis, contributing to the faith growing of each member of the community. It demands an interaction between the specific ministry of catechists and community life, which by its nature shall reflect what is communicate in the specific catechesis. In the universal level: Conciliar renewal of the Church and catechesis renewal should be intrinsically connected.
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Aquino Júnior, Francisco de. "50 ANOS DE MEDELLÍN – 5 ANOS DE FRANCISCO: PERSPECTIVAS TEOLÓGICO-PASTORAIS." Perspectiva Teológica 50, no. 1 (April 27, 2018): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v50n1p41-58/2018.
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RESUMO: A celebração dos 50 anos da Conferência de Medellín (1968) coincide com os 5 anos de ministério pastoral do papa Francisco (2013). Essa coincidência cronológica é uma ocasião privilegiada para explicitar e destacar a coincidência teológico-pastoral entre ambos. Ela ajuda a compreender melhor tanto o processo de renovação eclesial desencadeado por Francisco, quanto a atualidade do dinamismo eclesial desencadeado por Medellín. O texto começa destacando a importância de Medellín e de Francisco na Igreja e na sociedade. Explicita a perspectiva teológico-pastoral fundamental de ambos. E indica, a partir dessa perspectiva, alguns dos principais desafios com os quais a Igreja é confrontada hoje em sua missão evangelizadora: desafios que dizem a respeito à compreensão e configuração da Igreja e sua missão (eclesiologia) e aos apelos e exigências que brotam de nossa situação histórica atual (sinais dos tempos).ABSTRACT: The 50 years celebration of the Conference of Medellin (1968) coincides with the 5 years of Pope Francis’ pastoral ministry (2013). This chronological coincidence is a prime occasion to clarify and emphasize the theological-pastoral coincidence between both. It helps to understand better the process of ecclesial renewal triggered by Francis and the current relevance of the ecclesial dynamism, unleashed by Medellin. First, the text highlights the importance of Medellin and of Francis in the Church and in society. It then explains the fundamental theological/pastoral perspective of both. And, from that perspective, it addresses some of the major challenges the Church is faced with today in her mission of evangelization: challenges regarding the understanding and setup of the Church and her mission (Ecclesiology), and the appeals and demands that spring from our present historical situation (signs of the times).
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Aquino Júnior, Francisco de. "50 ANOS DE MEDELLÍN – 5 ANOS DE FRANCISCO: PERSPECTIVAS TEOLÓGICO-PASTORAIS." Perspectiva Teológica 50, no. 1 (April 27, 2018): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v50n1p41/2018.
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RESUMO: A celebração dos 50 anos da Conferência de Medellín (1968) coincide com os 5 anos de ministério pastoral do papa Francisco (2013). Essa coincidência cronológica é uma ocasião privilegiada para explicitar e destacar a coincidência teológico-pastoral entre ambos. Ela ajuda a compreender melhor tanto o processo de renovação eclesial desencadeado por Francisco, quanto a atualidade do dinamismo eclesial desencadeado por Medellín. O texto começa destacando a importância de Medellín e de Francisco na Igreja e na sociedade. Explicita a perspectiva teológico-pastoral fundamental de ambos. E indica, a partir dessa perspectiva, alguns dos principais desafios com os quais a Igreja é confrontada hoje em sua missão evangelizadora: desafios que dizem a respeito à compreensão e configuração da Igreja e sua missão (eclesiologia) e aos apelos e exigências que brotam de nossa situação histórica atual (sinais dos tempos).ABSTRACT: The 50 years celebration of the Conference of Medellin (1968) coincides with the 5 years of Pope Francis’ pastoral ministry (2013). This chronological coincidence is a prime occasion to clarify and emphasize the theological-pastoral coincidence between both. It helps to understand better the process of ecclesial renewal triggered by Francis and the current relevance of the ecclesial dynamism, unleashed by Medellin. First, the text highlights the importance of Medellin and of Francis in the Church and in society. It then explains the fundamental theological/pastoral perspective of both. And, from that perspective, it addresses some of the major challenges the Church is faced with today in her mission of evangelization: challenges regarding the understanding and setup of the Church and her mission (Ecclesiology), and the appeals and demands that spring from our present historical situation (signs of the times).
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Singgih, Emanuel Gerrit. "“GIVE VATICAN II A CHANCE” Sebuah Renungan Pribadi Mengenai Masa Depan Hubungan Oikumenis Protestan-Katolik di Indonesia." Jurnal Ledalero 12, no. 1 (September 5, 2017): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.31385/jl.v12i1.81.39-52.
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Experience of encountering and being together with friends of a number of other religious traditions has contributed to changing the way one thinks, speaks and acts. This occurs only when there is a sincere readiness to open oneself to the other while at the same time acknowledging and appreciating plurality in the human family. In the Christian Church, both Catholic and Protestant, this can be understood as a result of the Second Vatican Council. In the context of Indonesia, and more specifically in Jogyakarta and in NTT Province, ecumenical relations between Catholics and Protestants indicate a desire for renewal (aggiornamento) in our common life. This is clear in collaboration between institutes of higher education, such as studying theology together, the use of a common Bible, acceptance of the deuterokanonika, meditation in common, and so forth. In such togetherness the ecclesial unity that Jesus prayed for derives its meaning.
<b>Kata-kata kunci:</b> Perjumpaan, pembaruan, kesatuan, oikumene, tantangan, misi, kontekstualisasi, persaudaraan sejati
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Bagadion, Anne Marie F. "Innovative Retailing." International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 4, no. 3 (July 2013): 16–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2013070102.
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This study was inspired by the persistence and strength of character of striving entrepreneurs in rural communities who strive to establish or let grow of their businesses. The Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church considered Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) as a “New Way of Renewing the Church”, thus the researcher collaborates with Caritas Diocese of Libmanan (Inc.), the social action and development arm of the Diocese of Libmanan, Camarines Sur, which established the BEC-Based Integral Evangelization program. This aims to develop not only spiritual renewal but social and moral transformation as well, to broaden and sustain alternative Income Generating Project (IGPs) that will uplift the standard of living of its members. The BEC through Caritas Diocese of Libmanan is determined to concretize an innovative retailing through its BEC Retail Store (“Tindahannin SKK” - in local dialect) and Automated Teller Machine (ATM)/Credit Card. The BEC –ATM/Credit card) which will provide economic empowerment to its members as an alternative credit access in the procurement of basic goods and services, and as an alternative credit access in starting small businesses.
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Clifford, Catherine E. "A Joint Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017." Horizons 44, no. 2 (November 7, 2017): 405–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/hor.2017.117.
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When the young Augustinian friar, Martin Luther, affixed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31, 1517, calling for the reform of the church, he could hardly have anticipated the succession of events that would lead to the division of Western Christendom. Luther had no intention of creating a “Lutheran” Church, nor could he have foreseen that his initiative would give rise to an ecclesial divide that would persist for half a millennium. The Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism, which acknowledged the need for continual reform and renewal in the church, created the conditions for the Catholic Church to enter in earnest into a dialogue “on equal footing” with other Christian communities. The Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity, as it is known today, was established in 1967 and was the first commission for official bilateral dialogue. Thus, as we commemorate five hundred years since the Reformation, we also mark with gratitude fifty years of official dialogue and growth in communion.
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Barnett, William. "Can Pietism Change the World? Reconsidering Hegel's Tutelage of 'Faith'." Ecclesiology 7, no. 2 (2011): 220–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/174553111x559472.
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AbstractThe legacy of the ecclesial renewal movement known as Pietism is debated on questions of how it envisions the church's relation to the world. On the one hand, there are denominations today that invoke the legacy of Pietism as a resource in constructing a missional identity and a clear ethic of social engagement and transformation. On the other hand, there are critics, such as Karl Barth, who register Pietism as a phenomenon that fosters individualism rather than social-mindedness. Barth blames Pietism's inward concept of authority. This essay is an attempt to temper the claims of such critics through a close reading of the analysis of the 'faith' consciousness found in G.W.F. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. In contrast to Barth, Hegel offers a reading of Pietism's inward concept of authority as forming dissatisfied social agents, rather than atomistic individuals fundamentally alienated from one another. On Hegel's account, the Pietist experiences an essential or spiritual belonging to the actual social world, yet she is continually dissatisfied with the external actualization of this spiritual relationship. Thus, Hegel provides a way for Pietist traditions to conceptually integrate the emphasis on inward experience with a clear ethic of social participation and responsible engagement.
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Setran, David. "“Declension Comes Home”: Cotton Mather, Male Youth Rebellion, and the Hope of Providential Affliction in Puritan New England." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 26, no. 1 (2016): 31–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rac.2016.26.1.31.
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AbstractThe theme of generational religious decline has been a staple of New England Puritan historiography. Yet while scholars have examined these issues at the larger cultural and ecclesial levels, few have looked at the small-scale manifestations of such “declension” within Puritan parent-child relationships. This article looks at Cotton Mather's perceptions of the causes of and potential solutions for male youth waywardness in colonial New England. Attempting to provide pastoral wisdom for distressed parents in his congregation, Mather also had to deal with this issue in his own home. His rebellious son, Increase, served as a very personal example of a vexing public issue, and Mather worked hard to put his pastoral ideals into “fatherly” practice. As he confronted these challenges, Mather located the causes of male youth rebellion in the perilous nature of “youth,” the failures of Puritan parents, and the inscrutable sovereignty of God. In the end, I argue that Mather was ultimately hopeful about God's work and purposes in the midst of youth declension. His belief in God's providence meant that the afflictions attending youthful rebellion could be perceived as God's means of spurring repentance and renewal, addressing parental sin, bolstering godly childrearing, and arousing youth themselves in the pursuit of righteousness.
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Rubens, Pedro. "O MÉTODO TEOLÓGICO NO CONTEXTO DA AMBIGÜIDADE RELIGIOSA ATUAL." Perspectiva Teológica 38, no. 104 (May 14, 2010): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v38n104p11/2006.
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O A. retrata em forma teórica e pensada o que foi o itinerário percorrido na elaboração da sua tese doutoral, não a resumindo – esta não tratou de metodologia –, mas destacando-lhe elementos metodológicos, depois de recordar-lhe a pré-história de cunho autobiográfico. O ponto de partida é a experiência de fé em tempos de ambigüidade religiosa. O cristianismo latino-americano vive situação paradoxal de conviver com o declínio da civilização cristã ocidental e com o ressurgimento explosivo de formas religiosas arcaicas e selvagens. A ambiguidade da fé cristã no Brasil manifesta na diversidade de formas que pretendem todas renovar o cristianismo: comunidades eclesiais de base, renovação carismática católica e neopentecostalismo. Aí surgem tarefas para uma teologia fundamental no contexto amplo da teologia e no contexto específico de uma teologia situada numa região. Faz-se necessário verdadeiro discernimento.ABSTRACT: The author theoretically and thoughtfully presents the journey taken during the process of writing his doctoral dissertation. It is not a summary – he did not address methodology in it – but he underlines the methodological elements after remembering its prehistory as autobiographical approach. The point of departure is the faith experience in times of religious ambiguity. Christianity in Latin America faces a paradoxical situation in having both the decadence of the Western civilization and the bloom of ancient and aggressive religious forms. The ambiguity of the Christian faith in Brazil manifests itself in the diverse ways these forms intend to renew Christianity: Ecclesial Base Communities, Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and Neo-Pentecostalism. There are here tasks for a fundamental theology in general and the specific contextual theology. It is necessary a true discernment.
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Oliveira, Pedro Rubens Ferreira de. "Fé e dinâmicas religiosas na América (luso) Latina. Da ambiguidade à busca de uma matriz comum." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 69, no. 274 (March 13, 2019): 260. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v69i274.1327.
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Os cristãos do Brasil, depois de mais de cinco séculos de evangelização, encontram-se às voltas com uma efervescência religiosa sem precedentes e uma ambiguidade sem limites. Três figuras contemporâneas explicitam a crise: as Comunidades Eclesiais de Base, a Renovação Carismática Católica e o Neopentecostalismo autônomo. Esse fenômeno religioso impressiona não tanto por uma simples perda de adeptos por parte do catolicismo, mas pela migração de fiéis de uma Igreja para outra, além dos conflitos entre esses grupos. Não se trata, a rigor, de “retorno do religioso”, mas de recomposição do cristianismo. No entanto, as manifestações plurais referem-se à mesma matriz: o catolicismo popular, memória viva da evangelização e do encontro da mensagem evangélica com as culturas que configuram a mestiçagem do povo brasileiro.Abstract: Brazilian Christians, after more than five centuries of evangelization, find themselves involved in a religious effervescence without precedents and in the midst of endless ambiguity. Three contemporary figures explain the crisis: the Ecclesial Grassroots Communities, the Charismatic Catholic Renewal and the Autonomous Neo-Pentecostalism. This religious phenomenon is striking not only because of a mere loss of followers on the part of Catholicism, but also in view of the faithful’s migration from one Church to another, besides the existing conflicts between these groups. Strictly speaking, the question is not a “return to religiosity” but the re-composition of Christianity. However, the plural manifestations refer to the same matrix: popular Catholicism, live memory of the evangelization and of the encounter of the evangelical message with the cultures that configure the miscegenation of the Brazilian people.
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Dziewulski, Grzegorz. "Pneumatological Ecclesiology and Its Relationship with Permanent Ecclesiogenesis. Selected Aspects." Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne, no. 37 (April 19, 2021): 53–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/pst.2020.37.03.
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The Christological-pneumatological character of post-conciliar ecclesiology, which appreciates the personal-communal (relational), as well as historico-redemptive and eschatological character of the Church, and restores institutional-social dimension of the Church to its proper place in ecclesiology, opens the possibility of extending the traditional approach to the establishment of the Church as a historico-redemptive set of Christ’s actions. Deepened theological reflection on the pneumatological-personal (communio) character of the Church allows us to speak of its permanent personal-pneumahagic process of constant birth in the baptized ones and in the community of faith. Constant presence and influence of the Spirit in the community of the Church and its activities include its offices, evangelizing mission and means of sanctification, but also various gifts (charisms) of the Holy Spirit, as well as development or renewal of the faith life of individual Christians and the community. Aspects of permanent ecclesiogenesis can vary in intensity and form, but they all derive from the influence of the Spirit sent by Christ to His disciples, and are based on the personal, communal, event-oriented (historical) and processual character of faith as communio with Christ and brothers. The forms of permanent ecclesiogenesis can be seen in eschatological Church-directing tension dynamism between ‘already’ and ‘not yet’ of the Kingdom of God, in event-donative nature of faith as a communion with Jesus and its processual character, in life-giving character and fruitfulness of faith, in generating new ecclesial realities, clearly beyond human possibilities, in moving towards the missionary future, theological openness, and universality of the Church.
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Ribeiro, Cláudio Oliveira. "ESPIRITUALIDADES PLURAIS DA REFORMA." Perspectiva Teológica 49, no. 1 (April 29, 2017): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v49n1p63/2017.
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RESUMO: A pesquisa centrou-se na análise do percurso teológico da Reforma Protestante, enfatizando a pluralidade dela, as visões politicamente distintas entre seus protagonistas como Martinho Lutero, João Calvino e Thomas Müntzer, e as práticas e espiritualidades igualmente distintas até os dias de hoje. Metodologicamente, seguimos a noção da história como interpretação e o potencial criativo dos entre-lugares culturais, valorizando os aspectos utópicos que possam ser reforçados pela avaliação histórica. Os resultados da pesquisa destacaram alguns desses aspectos como: (i) o valor teológico da dimensão ecumênica, (ii) os processos de renovação eclesial, dentro e fora do contexto protestante, (iii) a criação e o fortalecimento de vida comunitária e crítica, dentro dos parâmetros teológicos da Reforma. Eles devem ser analisados levando-se em consideração as peculiaridades do contexto brasileiro e latino-americano em geral em suas diferentes dimensões.ABSTRACT: The research focused on the analysis of the theological path of the Protestant Reformation, highlighting its plurality, the varied political views among its protagonists, such as Martin Luther, John Calvin and Thomas Müntzer, and the equally different practices and spiritualities of today. Methodologically we followed the notion of history as interpretation and the creative potential of the cultural in-between places, valuing the utopian aspects that might be reinforced by the historical evaluation. The research results highlighted some of these aspects, such as (i) the theological value of the ecumenical dimension, (ii) the processes of ecclesial renewal, inside and outside the Protestant context, and (iii) the creation and strengthening of community life, within the theological parameters of the Reformation. They are to be analyzed taking into consideration the peculiarities of Brazilian and Latin American contexts in their varied dimensions.
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Hietamäki, Minna. "Antonia Pizzey, (2019) Receptive Ecumenism and the Renewal of the Ecumenical Movement: The Path of Ecclesial Conversion. Leiden: Brill. ix + 252 pages, isbn: 978-90-04-39778-1 (hbk), Euro 110; usd 130." Ecclesiology 16, no. 2 (January 21, 2020): 259–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455316-01602009.
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Marques SJ, Valdir. "PAULO EM TESSALÔNICA: O RELACIONAMENTO DE CONFIANÇA MÚTUA NA FUNDAÇÃO DA IGREJA." Perspectiva Teológica 41, no. 113 (January 13, 2010): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.20911/21768757v41n113p9/2009.
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A Teologia Paulina como um todo é um conjunto de temas-chaves de tal modo entrelaçados que nenhum deles pode ser considerado seu centro, como o supunham os sucessores de F.C. Baur na Escola de Tübingen. A fé é um destes temas. Este estudo se concentra num significado que a palavra pístis adquire em vários empregos paulinos, o de confiança prévia à adesão total à própria fé. Examinando 1Ts sob vários enfoques a confiança mútua entre os personagens daquela jovem Igreja, obtém-se, em detalhe, informações sobre a confiança e a fé, ditas pelo mesmo termo grego pístis. Tais detalhes fornecem maior nitidez ao que Paulo entende por fé, iluminando, assim, o conjunto de sua teologia. Deste processo emerge uma figura mais precisa da personalidade do próprio Paulo, como também de sua comunidade em Tessalônica. Tal missionário e tal comunidade eclesial entusiasta são para nós modelo para a renovação da Igreja de nossos dias.ABSTRACT: The Pauline Theology as a whole is a combination of key themes interwoven in such a way that not one of them can be considered its center, as held by the successors of F.C. Baur in the Tubingem School. Faith is one of these themes. This study concentrates on the significance that the word pístis acquires in various Pauline applications, of trust prior to the total adhesion to faith itself. Examining 1Ts under various aspects of the mutual trust among the characters of that young church, one may obtain, in detail, informative elements about trustand faith, stated by the same Greek term pístis. Such details provide more clarity on Paul’s understanding of faith, enlightening, thus, the entirety of his theology. From this process emerges a more precise figure of Paul’s own personality, as well as of his community in Thessalonica. Such a missionary and such an enthusiastic ecclesial community, serve as a model for us in church renewal in our current time.
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Jeanrond, Werner G. "Ecclesia semper reformanda: Protestant Principle and Church Renewal." Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift 73, no. 4 (December 31, 2010): 271–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/dtt.v73i4.106441.
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Paul Tillich’s dialectics of “Protestant principle” and “Catholic substance” acknowledges the need to question any form of embodiment and inculturation of Christian faith in the transcendent and sovereign God, i.e. it acknowledges the necessity of both continuing church renewal and continuing religious and cultural embodiment of the Christian gospel. This article explores the theological potential of these concepts with regard to both the eschatological nature of Christian faith praxis and the mulitireligious universe in which Christian hope for God’s coming reign must articulate itself today.
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Koffeman, Leo J. "‘Ecclesia Reformata Semper Reformanda’ Church Renewal from a Reformed Perspective." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu 7, no. 1 (April 1, 2015): 8–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ress-2015-0002.
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Abstract With a view to the theme of Church renewal, this article explores the role of a wellknown and popular phrase in the Reformed tradition within Protestantism, i.e. ecclesia reformata semper reformanda (‘the reformed Church should always be reformed’). Is this a helpful slogan when considering the pros and cons, the possibilities and the limitations of Church renewal? First, the historical background of this phrase is described: it is rooted in the Dutch Reformed tradition, and only in the twentieth century was it widely recognized in Reformed circles. Against this background the hermeneutical problem, linked with the principle of sola Scriptura, is presented, and put into an ecumenical perspective: the Church as grounded in the gospel. Finally, the article focuses on Church polity as an important field of renewal, taking into account Karl Barth’s interpretation of this phrase. From this perspective, a balanced and ecumenical approach of Church renewal is possible.
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Mikulášek, Josef. "Forma Ecclesiae. Principles of a Renewed Method of Fundamental Ecclesiology." Studia theologica 22, no. 4 (February 1, 2021): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/sth.2020.048.
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Gaillardetz, Richard R. "Humanae Vitae and Its Ecclesial Consequences." Theological Studies 79, no. 4 (November 30, 2018): 841–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040563918801181.
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This article explores the ecclesial consequences of Humanae Vitae in relation to four seminal contributions of Vatican II: (1) a renewed appreciation for the sensus fidelium; (2) the theological recontextualization of doctrine; (3) episcopal collegiality and ecclesial subsidiarity; (4) the revitalization of the church’s pastoral mission. The article argues first, that Humanae Vitae, directly or indirectly, impeded the full reception and implementation of these four contributions; and second, that the pontificate of Pope Francis has helped rehabilitate precisely those conciliar contributions that were most affected by the controversies associated with Humanae Vitae.
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Hoover, Brett C. "A Place for Communion: Reflections on an Ecclesiology of Parish Life." Theological Studies 78, no. 4 (November 21, 2017): 825–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040563917731746.
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Theologians have demonstrated curious restraint in assigning theological meaning to the parish. I argue here for a renewed attention to the parish as an “ecclesial place,” that is, a geographical site situated in particular contexts where ecclesial relationships of communion unfold by the power of the Holy Spirit for the sake of God’s mission. Simply put, parishes function—or at least ought to function—as the places where “histories of communion” are manifested in the context of grace and struggle in the real world.
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O’Collins, Gerald. "‘Laity as Teachers in the Ecclesia Docens’." Irish Theological Quarterly 86, no. 3 (June 6, 2021): 241–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00211400211017691.
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Vatican II partly dismantled the separation between the hierarchy as teachers ( ecclesia docens) and the laity as believers ( ecclesia discens). The Council recognized the prophetic function of baptized lay persons, noting in particular the function of parents and catechists and reiterating the guidance of the Holy Spirit received by the whole church ( sensus fidei). Special personal charisms invite recognizing the place in the ecclesia docens of many writers, artists, composers, and film directors. Their imaginative gifts have encouraged and renewed the life of faith for innumerable believers.
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Vondey, Wolfgang. "Tony Hanna, New Ecclesial Movements: Communion and Liberation, Neo-Catechumenal Way, Charismatic Renewal. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 2006. 282 pp. $17.95. Shawn Christopher Reeves. Embracing the Mystery of the Holy Spirit: The Son, the Sacred, and the Holy Spirit. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 2007. 166 pp. $9.95." Pneuma 34, no. 3 (2012): 475–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700747-12341262.
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Spindler, Marc R. "Conversion Revisited: Present Understanding of a Classic Missionary Motive." Missiology: An International Review 25, no. 3 (July 1997): 293–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182969702500303.
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While mission scholars have become reluctant to address the problem of conversion to Christianity, historians and cultural anthropologists are increasingly devoting case studies and general theories to this topic. They emphasize the social dimensions of conversion, basically interpreted as a progress towards modernity. The present article makes a case for a renewed commitment to a genuine missiological approach of Christian conversion in its personal and ecclesial reality.
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Campbell-Reed, Eileen R. "Living Testaments: How Catholic and Baptist Women in Ministry Both Judge and Renew the Church." Ecclesial Practices 4, no. 2 (December 7, 2017): 167–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00402002.
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In 2014 women constituted 15.8% of u.s. clergy. They led 10% of u.s. congregations. While the numbers have increased dramatically in fifty years, this data invites a deeper question. What does women’s entry into ministry (lay and ordained) mean for ecclesiology, the life and doctrines of the church? Four case studies from two qualitative investigations of ministry illustrate women’s pastoral leadership from the margins of Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist churches, showing how women called to ministry are: living testaments to a renewed vision for church that embraces the fullness of humanity; living judgments on harms and shortcomings of the church; embodied revisions to ecclesial practices. Each case study bears witness to situated possibility of the Spirit’s work; exposes and challenges sins of sexism; shows every day dilemmas over resisting and subverting power; and reframes doctrine and practice from the margins, renewing ecclesial vision for the church.
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Rinderknecht, Jakob Karl. "Another World Is Present." Philosophy and Theology 31, no. 1 (2019): 175–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/philtheol2020328118.
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Contemporary Roman Catholic considerations of church reform are often impeded by the worry that any acknowledgment of systematic or properly ecclesial failure calls Jesus’s promise of the church’s indefectibility into question. This makes honesty about such failure, and therefore true reform, impossible. At best, in this way of thinking, blame can be shifted onto a few “bad apples.” Karl Rahner’s engagement with a quite different problem—how Roman Catholics can account for the fruits of the Spirit in Protestant Ministries—can provide tools for a renewed ecclesiology capable of honestly reckoning with sin in and by the church.
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Houtepen, Anton. "Conversion And The Religious Market: A Theological Perspective." Exchange 35, no. 1 (2006): 18–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157254306776066924.
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AbstractThis article wants first of all to describe, which historical-theological factors contributed to an important shift of meaning of the concept of conversion from the 18th and 19th century onwards. A more communal and covenantal, theocentric and ecclesial understanding of religious belonging has gradually shifted towards an individual personal, experiential, anthropocentric and charismatic interpretation. Evangelicals and Pentecostals share the idea of 'heartfelt religion', interpreting conversion as a sudden and momentous event, usually after a personal crisis. The historical churches rather stress the lifelong challenge of conversion, related to participation in church life, the liturgy and the sacraments.The second part deals with a series of Roman Catholic-Pentecostal ecumenical dialogues about the problems arising between these rather opposite ideas of Christian conversion. Different ecclesiological and pneumatological points of view are at stake here. Major problems arise when people from the older churches are invited to change their affiliation and want to renew their baptismal votes with the 'baptism in the Holy Spirit'. Dialogue partners tend to avoid all forms of proselytism, but common evangelisation and common witness, let alone ecumenical cooperation toward church unity or ecclesial communion still seem to be a bridge too far.
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Ferreira, Antonio Luiz Catelan. "A preparação do Concílio Vaticano II na renovação eclesiológica." Revista Eclesiástica Brasileira 73, no. 291 (October 22, 2018): 532–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.29386/reb.v73i291.605.
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O presente estudo quer contribuir para a compreensão da eclesiologia do Concílio Ecumênico Vaticano II em perspectiva de história das ideias teológicas. Para isso, situa-a com relação ao movimento de renovação da eclesiologia, que se desenvolveu ao longo de cerca de cento e cinquenta anos. A perspectiva histórica permite compreender a origem e o fundamento das noções que o Concílio utiliza e o potencial de renovação da vida eclesial de que são portadoras. Dá atenção especial às noções de sociedade, corpo místico de Cristo, povo de Deus e comunhão, por serem as que articulam maior número de contribuições em termos de compreensão da realidade eclesial.Abstract: The present paper aims contribute for the comprehension on the ecclesiology of Ecumenical Council Vatican II from the point of view of the history of the theological ideas. Setting it relation with the ecclesiological renew movement, developed along of one an half century. This perspective allows understanding the roots of the notions used by the Council and his potential in order of renewing ecclesial life. It emphasizes the notions of society, mystical body of Christ, people of God and communion, because of those best articulate elements for the understanding of the ecclesial reality.Keywords: Church. Ecclesiology. Council Vatican II. Ecclesiological notions.
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Laham, Gregorios III. "The Ecumenical Commitment of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church." Downside Review 135, no. 1 (January 2017): 3–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0012580616657245.
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The Ecumenical Commitment of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church has been at the centre of its ecclesiology and theological thought especially in relation to its sister-church the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch since the Second Vatican Council. The Antiochene context has provided a unique and creative context for a renewed ecumenical engagement as viewed through the developing relations between the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. This paper sets out in detail how these relations have developed over the last decades, however, with the caveat that the author, Patriarch Gregorios III who has been deeply involved in these discussions, notes that the significant proposals mentioned in the final part of this article remain to be received within the wider ecclesial communities.
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da Silveira, Emerson Sena. "“CATHOLICOVID-19” or QUO VADIS CATHOLICA ECCLESIA: the Pandemic Seen in the Catholic Institutional Field." International Journal of Latin American Religions 4, no. 2 (September 18, 2020): 259–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41603-020-00114-2.
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AbstractThe aim of this paper is to understand, in a panoramic way, the ideas that some organized groups of Catholicism have expressed about the pandemic of the new coronavirus. We shall take as material for analysis, the web official pages of the following segments: Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) [National Conference of Bishops of Brazil], Heralds of the Gospel and Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR), especially from the moment when the first case of the disease caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus and the health-social-economic emergency were checked. Catholic beliefs about Covid-19 and related themes (restrictive measures, social inequalities) show an intense and internal conflict of values or worldviews and lead to inquiring about the incidences of Catholicism in the public sphere. The qualitative-exploratory hypothesis demonstrates that the advancement of the new coronavirus has accentuated tension lines existing in the Catholic Church and indicates that there is an ongoing dispute between the various official segments about the correct intonation of the Catholic voice in Brazilian society. To raise responses to the proposed problem, the paper is based on a qualitative method, namely, partial review of the bibliographic productions of the religious studies and analytical mapping of the main official positions (editorials, speeches, notes, texts) proposed by the three Catholic segments aforementioned.
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Wood, James R. "Christ’s Body Is One." Journal of Reformed Theology 14, no. 1-2 (March 27, 2020): 73–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697312-bja10004.
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Abstract This essay argues that the ecclesiology of John W. Nevin furnishes American Presbyterians, both evangelical and mainline, with significant resources for the pursuit of Reformed catholicity. Nevin believed that the church must exhibit contemporary unity and historical continuity as a result of its mystical union with the incarnate Christ. He opposed the forces prevalent in American Protestantism that undermined visible, catholic unity. In Nevin’s assessment, the foundational factor in these ecclesiological errors was a defective, truncated Christology. Nevin sought to renew Reformed theology through retrieving an orthodox ecclesiology rooted in a robust understanding of the incarnation. The concluding section will argue that both streams of American Presbyterianism fall short in terms of catholicity and would benefit by attending to Nevin’s ecclesial vision.