Adventist Interchurch Relations: A Study in Ecumenics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783847114635)

This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventh-day Adventist interchurch relations - a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been underresearched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics - such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism.

Author: Stefan Hoschele
ISBN-10: 3847114638
ISBN-13: 9783847114635
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2022
Pages: 511
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 8.79lbs