New Ecumenism in a Discriminatively Divided World: Post-Pandemic Living as Ethical Communion with the Biological and Material Community
This article explores the idea of a new ecumenism as the basis for teaching ecumenism more relevantly and emphatically in the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new ecumenism is about the symbiosis of the divine family, not simply the unity of the Christian family or the solidarity of the human...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-135 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KDJ Ecumenism NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Covid-19
B Ecumenism B Family B sympoiesis |
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| Summary: | This article explores the idea of a new ecumenism as the basis for teaching ecumenism more relevantly and emphatically in the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new ecumenism is about the symbiosis of the divine family, not simply the unity of the Christian family or the solidarity of the human family. This requires a paradigm shift toward seeking a path with all beings and creatures on Earth in accordance with the will of God – who still works faithfully for the ultimate salvation. Not only are humans created by God, but our fellow creatures are all also partners for salvation. Ecumenism needs to be about sympoiesis, making-life-with-other beings, especially in the Anthropocene epoch, when people are divided not just by race, nation, gender, and class, but also by anthropocentric ways of life. What is needed is not just an eco-friendly ecumenism but a sympoietic ecumenism, through which we treat every being on this planet as part of our extended family. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12678 |