Unintentional Receptive Ecumenism: From Ecclesial Margins to Ecumenical Exemplar – A New Zealand Case Study

• Authors: Douglas Pratt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Community Church of St John the Evangelist, situated on a relatively remote island off the east coast of New Zealand, is a unique ecumenical venture supported by the Anglican, Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. This paper describes and situates this venture and discusses its development and modus vivendi in light of the paradigm of receptive ecumenism. This paradigm did not feature in the thinking of those who established this ecumenical community church; nevertheless it is argued that the paradigm aptly applies, so yielding the phenomenon of an unintentional receptive ecumenism at work.

Keywords

EN

Ecumenism; receptive ecumenism; community church; New Zealand; Anglican; Catholic; Methodist; Presbyterian; Partnership Agreement

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 219-237

Dates

published

2016-08-01

online

2016-09-18

Contributors

author

Douglas Pratt

• Douglas Pratt, Professor, Studies in Religion, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Adjunct Professor, Theology and Interreligious Studies, University of Bern, .

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ress-2016-0018