"This book explores the relationship between the Orthodox tradition and the ecumenical practice of engagement with other Christian traditions. This relationship has for a long time been compromised by an underlying tension, as the Orthodox have chosen to participate in ecumenical encounters whi...

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1. Verfasser:	Porumb, Razvan 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Wien Peter Lang [2019]
Schlagworte:	Orthodoxe Kirche Ökumene Orthodox Eastern Church / Relations Ecumenical movement
Zusammenfassung:	"This book explores the relationship between the Orthodox tradition and the ecumenical practice of engagement with other Christian traditions. This relationship has for a long time been compromised by an underlying tension, as the Orthodox have chosen to participate in ecumenical encounters while - often at the same time - denouncing the ecumenical movement as deficient and illegitimate. The author perceives this relationship to be all the more inconsistent since the core of Orthodoxy as professed by the Orthodox is precisely that of re-establishing the unity and catholicity of the Church of Christ. This vision informs Orthodox identity as essentially a Church of exploration, of engagement and dialogue, a Church committed to drive all other traditions - but also itself back to the 'right' primordial faith. The book exposes the risk of Orthodox theology turning into an oppositional picture of Orthodoxy as necessarily opposed to a heterodox antipode, rather than being the continuous dynamic reality of the living Church of Christ. The author proposes the rediscovery of a set of paradigms in an ethos of humble, active metanoia that would enable a more plenary ecumenical operation for the Orthodox as well as a renewed awareness of their own spirituality"--
Beschreibung:	1905
Beschreibung:	272 Seiten
ISBN:	9781789971538 1789971535