Ecumenical social ethics as the world changed
Subtitle: socio-ethical discussion in the ecumenical dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 1970-2008
By: Heta Hurskainen
Series: Schriften der Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft -- 67; Schriften der Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft -- 67.
Publisher: Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
ISBN-13: 9789519047751
Subjects: Social ethics; Interkonfessionelles Gespräch; Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ; Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche; Finnische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The ROC-ELCF dialogue in the societal and political contexts --; title: The ROC-ELCFdialogue in the ecumenical context --; title: The nature of bilateral dialogue --; title: The socio-ethical discussion as part of the dialogue --; title: Research objectives, method and sources --; title: Research objectives --; title: Method --; title: Sources --; title: Previous studies --; title: Structure of the study --; title: Lutheran and orthodox socio-ethical thinking before 1970 --; title: Finnish Lutheran socio-ethical thinking --; title: The ecumenical and nordic contexts --; title: The responsible society --; title: The nordic view on natural law --; title: Finnish emphases and assimilations --; title: Russian orthodox socio-ethical thinking --; title: Transfiguration and its social implications --; title: Theological premises of church-state relations --; title: Sobornost' --; title: Start of the dialogue --; title: Meetings in Järvenpää in the 1950s --; title: Meetings between upper hierarchy in the 1960s --; title: Building doctrinal ground : worrying about global tension (1970-1979) --; title: Turku 1970 --; title: Designing the frame for peace discussions --; title: Salvation and peace --; title: Eucharistic bases for peace --; title: Zagorsk 1971 --; title: Disarmament and the conference on security and cooperation in Europe --; title: Justice as a societal and spiritual question --; title: Järvenpää 1974 --; title: A promising development in politics --; title: Different understandings of salvation and the theology of peace --; title: The importance of eschatology in the doctrinal theses --; title: The Bangkok conference and the meaning of method --; title: The meaning of salvation for a human being's relations with society --; title: Kiev 1977 --; title: Supporting Détente --; title: Personal salvation as the contact point between the socio-ethical and doctrinal themes --; title: The source of the good in the world --; title: The message and character of the church --; title: The encounter between the content of Lutheran and Orthodox terms --; title: Facing the dialogue partner --; title: Forming the dialogue --; title: Outsourcing the institutional aspect --; title: Personal salvation --; title: Ecclesiological and eucharistie bases of social ethics --; title: Cooperation with non-christians and the law --; title: Searching for a new framework (1980-1989) --; title: Turku 1980 --; title: Stagnant Détente --; title: Choosing the perspective on a familiar subject --; title: The church as the ideal image and the kingdom of God --; title: Taking care of neighbours or the church as the sign of unity --; title: Salvation, love and good deeds : a look at the doctrinal theses --; title: Leningrad 1983 --; title: Towards more local issues --; title: Membership of the church --; title: The church as the body of Christ --; title: The universality of the church --; title: Mikkeli 1986 --; title: On the threshold of changes --; title: Christians' responsibility in their own and society's life --; title: The responsibility of the state --; title: Pyhtitsa 1989 --; title: New themes and the influence of Glasnost and Perestroika --; title: Created in the image of God : and responsible for the world --; title: The responsibility for the creation in the light of Christ's fulfilment and love --; title: Heterogeneous discussion --; title: Building on continuity --; title: From global to local context --; title: Changes in the ecclesiastical argumentation --; title: The role of the law and creation --; title: The image of God : the manifestation of love --; title: Influential church (1990-1999) --; title: Järvenpää 1992 --; title: After the Soviet Union --; title: The church and society --; title: The responsibility of the church in secular problems --; title: Christ's example for living as a christian --; title: Kiev 1995 --; title: Patriarch Aleksij in Finland and preparations for the dialogue --; title: The societal dimension of the mission of the church --; title: The people of God and nations --; title: Equality based on the image of God --; title: Different interpretations of the freedom of religion --; title: Lappeenranta 1998 --; title: Church-state relations --; title: The freedom of the church as inner freedom --; title: The freedom of the church as outer freedom --; title: The state's role in freedom of religion --; title: Widening the perspective on social ethics --; title: Congruent themes --; title: Changed context : active church --; title: Church and culture, church and nation --; title: Different types of argumentation on the church and state --; title: Doctrinal socio-ethical reasoning and secular society (2000-2008) --; title: Moscow 2002 --; title: Finnish preparation for the discussion --; title: Themes of the dialogue round --; title: Evaluation of the context of the dialogue --; title: Evaluation of the theological content of the socio-ethical theme --; title: The dialogue and the ROC's "social concept" as presented in Moscow --; title: Thinking of future topics and societal relationships in the communiqué --; title: Turku 2005 --; title: Secularization and values --; title: Focusing on the bases of social ethics --; title: The christian idea of a human being and the problem of free will --; title: The task of the church in society --; title: St. Petersburg 2008 --; title: Continuing worry over the values of society --; title: Human rights : worth and dignity --; title: Freedom from the point of view of human rights --; title: Advancing from old achievements --; title: The growing meaning of the socio-ethical discussion --; title: Bearing the task of discussing the institutional aspect --; title: Creation and salvation : the inseparables --; title: The inner or outer orientation of the church --; title: Convergence in terminologies? --; title: Conclusions ---- Abbreviations-- Transliteration-- Bibliography-- Unpublished sources-- Published sources-- Literature-- Appendix 1-- Participants of the dialogue (1970-2008)-- Appendix 2-- Lectures of the dialogue (1970-2008)-- Appendix 3-- Observers of the dialogue (1970-2008)-- Index of names.