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Document Details : Title: Receptive Ecumenism and Ecclesial Learning Subtitle: Receiving Gifts for Our Needs Author(s): MURRAY, Paul D. Journal: Louvain Studies Volume: 33 Issue: 1-2 Date: 2008 Pages: 30-45 DOI: 10.2143/LS.33.1.2034334 Abstract : Staff of the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University and its recently established Centre for Catholic Studies in particular – in collaboration with ecclesiologists, ecumenists, senior ecclesiastics, social scientists and local practitioners from across the Christian traditions and from academic and ecclesial contexts stretching from Australia, North America, and Europe – have been hosting a series of research projects devoted to developing and modelling a distinctive new strategy in Christian ecumenism which is being referred to as 'Receptive Ecumenism' and which has already been attracting considerable attention. This essay provides a short introduction to the key principles, convictions and assumptions at issue in Receptive Ecumenism and describes the projects currently underway that seek to test and model its potential. |
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