See also Harding Meyer, That All May Be One: Perceptions and Models of
Ecumenicity, trans.
While spiritual solidarity is to be celebrated among Spirit-experienced believers, as evidenced in the case of spontaneous
ecumenicity, two important questions should be raised.
the perverted nationalism of countries acquiring their independence, the crushing colonialism of the West, the formal
ecumenicity of Western Christendom." Though fearing the diabolical inspiration behind resurgent world religions, Sahu cared little about the devil in their details.
In their essay, Miller and Harder trace the beginnings of Mennonite
ecumenicity to a series of conversations initiated by mainstream Protestant groups on themes of peace and reconciliation in the aftermath of World War II.
He seeks primarily to demonstrate the value of Pentecostal theology in the Christian ecumenical conversation--no small undertaking, as Pentecostal thought has long been pushed to the periphery of Christian discussions on
ecumenicity. Relying on the metaphor of aging, Neumann argues that, while earlier Pentecostal theological models of God, scripture, and experience reflected an "adolescent" state of mind, more recent theologians in the traditions have helped Pentecostal thought "mature" to fit better the norms of modern rationality.
concept of "
ecumenicity, which means universality, is now in
The most commonly articulated congressional grievances on behalf of the Patriarchate--whose
ecumenicity is not acknowledged by the Turkish government, but also not objected to when acknowledged by others--are the non-operation of the Halki Theological School on Heybeliada Island near Istanbul, the requirement that the Patriarch be a Turkish citizen, and the failure of the Turkish government to return previously confiscated properties.
In 1989 the Baptist Union of Scotland (BUS), long active in the ecumenical movement, declined to join the newest expression of
ecumenicity, the Action of Churches Together in Scotland (Acts).
With characteristic clarity and control of the tradition in all its breadth and
ecumenicity, Rausch offers us a concise, strong, and wonderful book on the relation of eschatology, liturgy, and Christology.
Nelson, "Unity,
Ecumenicity, and Difference in the Augustana Synod." Lutheran Quarterly, XXIV, No.
I would like to emphasize that only through inclusiveness and
ecumenicity will practitioners of the social sciences be capable of creating any semblance of a general theory of culture, society, and human behavior.
By exploring the "
ecumenicity of everyday life" (33), the contributors demonstrate how confessional boundaries in this period were more fluid than previously thought, and that even the most deeply held beliefs and prejudices could be unseated by daily exigencies.