Notions and forms of ecumenicity: some South African perspectives

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2013

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SUN Press

Abstract

This contribution addresses the abstract question of how the adjective �ecumenical� may be understood. What notions and forms of ecumenicity may be identified? There may be no single authoritative definition, but one may identify a range of specific connotations attached to the term �ecumenical�. Here I will have to fly a bit higher in order to gain an �overview� that is wider than South Africa. I will offer some South African perspectives where appropriate. In what follows below I will identify and briefly describe some 23 distinct ways in which the term �ecumenicity� can and has been understood in different historical epochs and contexts

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Ecclesiastical history, Political developments, Kairos Document, South Africa, Church leaders

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Conradie, E.M. (2013). Notions and forms of ecumenicity: some South African perspectives. In Conradie, EM (ed): South African perspectives on notions and forms of ecumenicity. Stellenbosch: SUN Press, pp. 9-22