The biblical view of humanity and the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities: the call and mission of the church by P. White

“…In this light, the article discusses the missional role of the church in promoting the rights of people with disabilities, by engaging literature on disability, the rights of people with disability, the biblical view of humanity, and the missional agenda of the church from an ecumenical and theological perspective. The article concludes that the church has a missional call to serve as the home and prophetic voice for the marginalised in society. …”
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MISSIONAL-DIACONAL PRACTICES IN JAPAN AND SOUTH AFRICA: by J.S. Van der Watt

“… This article reflects on missional-diaconal practices in the ecumenical partnership between the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and the Reformed Church in Japan. …”
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The use of empirical data in communal discernment and decision-making processes in the Dutch Reformed Church by L. Bosman

“…By paying attention to discernment processes developed in the ecumenical world, the self-developed processes can be enriched and corrected where necessary. …”
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A DISTINCTIVE PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTIC by Marius Nel

“…Although there are specific identifiable emphases in a Pentecostal hermeneutics, it does not qualify to be called distinctive, and an ecumenical approach demands that the movement should function within the context of the wider Christian church and its history of reading and interpreting the Bible. …”
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O możliwościach ekumenicznej współpracy katolików i luteranów nad kształtowaniem decyzji ustawodawcy polskiego w dziedzinie małżeństwa i rodziny by Piotr Kroczek

“…In the face of the situation, the Christian Communities are called to start an ecumenical dialog and to undertake a practical action to promote their common Christian paradigm of the marriage and the family that would be a pattern for a state legislator. …”
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Johannes Hoornbeeck, a monumental 17th Century Dutch theologian: continuities in his thinking on doctrine and life by J. W. Hofmeyr

“…In a later article, the focus will move to his contributions as a systematic theologian, as an historian, as a missiologist, and as a socially engaged theologian with an irenical and ecumenical orientation, in spite of him being a strong polemicist. …”
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Die "Evangeliese Sending" 2010 - uitgedien of relevant? by P. Robinson

“…Eventually the EA group withdrew from the churches’ ecumenical movement. A process of re-grouping and re-defining of its identity followed, leading to the watershed Lausanne Conference 1974 and its subsequent structures and projects. …”
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El rol de los eclesiásticos en la construcción de la legitimidad “internacional” de la dinastía portuguesa de los Avis (1383-1433) by Néstor Vigil Montes

“…Scarce and appreciated human resources that they could not cover all the fields of action of the John I of Portugal’s foreign policy, reason why they specialized in three questions: the negotiations with the pontificate to legitimize John I of Portugal, the construction of peace with the Kingdom of Castile, and the participacion in the ecumenical councils that led to a solution for the Great Occidental Schism. …”
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The mirage of a triune rainbow by E.M. Conradie

“…South African debates may well serve as a barometer, or better, a thermometer to gauge the health of wider ecumenical discourse on the Trinity. …”
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J.H. Van Wyk, Teologie van die Koninkryk: Studies in Dogmatiek en Etiek by Rian Venter

“…Smit;1 A Theological Odyssey: My life in writing en die outobiografie I have come a long way van J.W. de Gruchy,2 en Pathways in theology: Ecumenical, African and Reformed van P. Naude.3 Die bundel opstelle van J.H. van Wyk kan nou hierby gevoeg word. …”
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The Enigma of the Temple Site and the Word-play ‘Moriah’ by Martin Prudký

“…As part of the foundation narratives shared by the two ‘ecumenical’ communities of post-exilic Judaism, the name helps to etiologically legitimize the place of worship (‘ha-maqom’, the temple) for both the Jerusalemite and Samaritan cultic communities without using real names and locations. …”
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Cosmetic Surgery and the Christian Body: Comparative Ethical Reflections from Orthodox and Catholic Traditions by Angelos Mavropoulos

“…This interdenominational study aims to contribute to ecumenical and intercultural dialogue, fostering greater understanding and respect between the two original Christian traditions. …”
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<i>Armastus, Andestus, Alandlikkus</i>: The Rediscovery of the Orthodox Christianity in Post-Soviet Estonia by Milena Benovska-Sabkova

“…The aim of the present article is to outline some of the basic characteristics of the post-Soviet ‘renaissance’ of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), for example the conversion from Lutheranism to Orthodox Christianity and the processes of rediscovery, reinvention and ‘Estonianisation’ of Orthodox Christianity. …”
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SCOP qui peut ! by Maxime Quijoux

“…Firstly, we will see, for example, that an interest in workers' cooperation at the end of the 1970s was far from being the prerogative of the left: it constituted an 'ecumenical utopia' that included a number of right-wing political actors, particularly in the dual context of the promotion of the enterprise and industrial crises. …”
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The presence of Pentecostalism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa by James K. Mashabela

“…Some basic topics of the doctrine of Pneumatology are discussed in relation to the ecumenical creeds and Book of Concord.…”
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Geen ander naam by J. du Preez

“… The increasing awareness that the church of Christ has to communicate its message of salvation in a religiously plural society, has contributed to the fact that in ecumenical circles the New Testament confessions about Christ as only Saviour of the world (e.g. in Acts 4:12) are being interpreted in a way that leaves room for other saviours as well. …”
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The situation of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia in the second half of 20th century by Peter Šturák

“…In connection with this, ecumenical memory of 20th century martyrs took place on 7th May 2000 in Colosseum in Roma, where Holy Father also said: „At the places, where it seemed that hatred will diminish the whole life and it will be impossible to run from it, witnesses of God showed that love is stronger than death. …”
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Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: Can linguistic and semiotic analysis clarify their contrasts? by William J. Sullivan, Sarah Tsiang

“…Yet they share the fundamental dogmas laid down by the first ecumenical councils. History and politics are entwined in the disputes since the Great Schism of 1054, but even earlier there was controversy over basic dogmatic questions and other doctrinal matters. …”
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JOHAN GALTUNG'S CONCEPT OF PEACE CULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN INDONESIA by Aloysius Jondar, Agus Purbo Widodo, Johan de Fretes, Lukman Hakim, Susanto Susanto, Muhammad Sujud

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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Both can be traced back to American naturalism.[39] The early effort in bioethics to make it ecumenical, thus building on a common but transitory morality,[40] sounds pragmatic. …”
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