Catholicity Challenging Ethnicity - An Ecclesiological Study of Congregations and Churches in Post-apartheid South Africa (Paperback, New edition)

This book deals with the relationship between the catholicity of the Church and ethnicity. Churches confess their "catholicity" - which means that they declare that their members belong to one community; but at the same time, the churches are often internally divided along ethnic lines. South Africa was a divided society under apartheid, which also shaped the churches ethnically. The legacy of apartheid continues to cause division between people through inequality, injustice, skewed power relations, and marginalisation. The author presents an analytical tool that has been derived from key documents of the Faith and Order movement and the World Council of Churches concerning the catholicity of the Church. In addition, he tests the catholicity of the Church against an operative ecclesiology of South African congregations and churches twenty years after the dismantling of apartheid.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Europeennes, 954
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Erik Berggren
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	448
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-66055-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Ecumenism Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian social thought & activity Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian social thought & activity Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Ecumenism Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian social thought & activity Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Ecumenism
LSN:	3-631-66055-3
Barcode:	9783631660553

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