On nations and the churches
Subtitle: ecumenical responses to nationalisms and migration = Nationen und Kirchen: ökumenische Antworten auf Nationalismus und Migration
By: Jelle Creemers, Ulrike Link-Wieczorek (Eds./Hrsg.).
Contributors: Creemers, Jelle, editor; Link-Wieczorek, Ulrike, editor; Societas Oecumenica
Series: Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau -- Nr. 129; Beiheft zur Ökumenischen Rundschau -- Nr. 129.
Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9783374066735; 9783374066834
Subjects: Nationalism; Congresses; Christianity; Emigration and immigration; Ecumenical movement; Religious aspects
Other titles: Nationen und Kirchen: ökumenische Antworten auf Nationalismus und Migration
Description: "Churches in Europe have specific historical experiences regarding their relationship with the nation. Although in principle it is agreed that the Christian faith is in its basic tendency shaped by a supranational, even universalistic character, since the 19th century at the latest it has been repeatedly asked whether nation and national identity do not belong to God's creation. At present this is controversially discussed in the churches of Europe, closely connected with experiences of migration. Can national consciousness and current migration experiences go together? Do churches have anything specific to say about this in an ecumenical perspective? These are the questions addressed in this conference volume of the Societas Oecumenica."--
Notes: Proceedings of the 20th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica / Tagungsbericht der 20. Wissenschaftlichen Konsultation der Societas Oecumenica.

Includes bibliographical references.

25 contributions in English, 2 in German.
Table of contents: title: Groundwork. Nationalism and migration as challenges for ecumenical theology : a starter in a German Protestant worldview / Ulrike Link-Wieczorek; title: Eschatological prophet as political realist : Paul, nations, and the state / Niko Huttunen.; title: Part I. Nationalism and church : confessional and historical contexts. Protestantismus und Nationalismus in der Pfalz : Beobachtung aus der regionalen NS-Kirchengeschichtsforschung / Christof Picker; title: Ambivalence of ecumenical experience of church and nation : a free church perspective / Andrea Strübind; title: The ambivalence of ecumenism and nationalism : a Romanian Orthodox account / Petre Maican; title: Nation, Patriotismus, und Geschelect : eine theologische Debatte in Polen / Elżbieta Adamiak; title: National states and migration crisis in Europe : a Hungarian (Lutheran) point of view / Peter Szentpétery; title: What are the churches doing? : questions in response to Peter Szentpétery / Margriet Gosker; title: A "Czech question" among nationalism, church profiling and ecumenism : a glimpse of the first years of independent Czechoslovakia / Robert Svaton; title: Ecumenical, Catholic and nationalist : but which kind? "National Catholic" churches and nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s in the Netherlands / Peter-Ben Smit; title: Pan-Africans and nationalism : catalysts of the ecumenical movement in Africa : 1950s-1980s / James Nathanael Amanze; title: Singing for the unity of Latin America : liberation theology and the struggle against nationalisms / Tim Noble.; title: Part II. Nations, migration, and church (unity) : ecumenical contours. Migration, nationalism, and ecumenical unity : challenges and opportunities for the churches / Peter Phan; title: On crisis, politics, and life-and-work ecumenism : response to Peter Phan / Friedrike Nüssel; title: Towards a life-centered ecumenism : response from India / Kaholi Zhimomi; title: Nationalism and politics of "othering" : threat to ecumenism and inter-religiosity in contemporary India / Joseph Daniel; title: Churches and migrations : what does catholicity mean in Europe? / Luc Forestier; title: Voices from the early ecumenical movement : historical contributions to contemporary discussions on nationalism and international community / Sara Gehlin; title: The centenary of the 1920 Lambeth Conference's "Appeal to all Christian people" : the unity of the church and the strife of nations / Jeremy Worthen; title: "Transcending all barriers" : reflections on the church and migration in the light of "The church : towards a common vision" / Stanley Jayakumar Yesudass; title: Moral considerations about nationalism, migration and church : Rumanian Orthodox reflections / Mihai Iordache; title: The Bonhoeffer family : insights from the autobiographic records of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's youngest sister Susanne / Jutta Koslowski; title: An ecumenical key for social peace : universal fraternity in the writings of Chiara Lubich / Vera La Mela; title: Hospitality : Jacques Derrida reading Louis Massignon / Ivana Noble; title: The history of ecumenical prayer : a journey of crossing borders? / Hanna Lamparter.; title: Concluding remarks. Welcoming wayfarers, wanderers, waifs and strays (or waving them bye-bye) : some Biblical paradigms / Hector Scerri; title: Hermeneutical questions : response to Hector Scerri / Peter-Ben Smit; title: Perspectives on migration, nationalism and exclusive or inclusive ecclesiological images : final reflections / Simon Haug.