Receiving 'The Nature and Mission of the

A collection of essays and assessments in which scholars from a variety of denominational, geographical and ecclesiological backgrounds attempt to discern the significance of the 2006 document Nature and Mission of the Church from the World Council of Chu

The Open Church Re-envisioned: Ecclesiological Investigations - A New International Research Network	p. vii
Contributors	p. xix
Introduction to the Present Volume	p. 1
Ecclesial Reality and Ecumenical Horizons for the Twenty-First Century: The Nature and Mission of the Church: A Preface	p. 3
Reflections on the Porto Alegre Text: Called to Be the One Church	p. 6
Unity, Catholicity and Identity: The Unity Statements of the World Council of Churches and their Reception in The Nature and Mission of the Church	p. 11
Communion: God, Creation and Church	p. 21
The Church as 'Creation of the Word and of the Holy Spirit' in Ecumenical Documents on the Church: A Roman Catholic Exercise in Receptive Ecumenism	p. 42
Pentecostal Perspectives on The Nature and Mission of the Church: Challenges and Opportunities for Ecumenical Transformation	p. 55
Are Councils and Synods Decision-Making? A Roman Catholic Conundrum in Ecumenical Perspective	p. 69
Is There a Future for the Catholic-Protestant Dialogue? Non-Reception as Challenge for Ecumenical Dialogue	p. 85
Afterword	p. 103
The Nature and Mission of the Church: A Stage on the Way to a Common Statement	p. 110
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Receiving 'The Nature and Mission of the Church' Ecclesial Reality and Ecumenical Horizons for the Twenty-First Century

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