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{"title":"Peaceable Community: With Special Reference to Niebuhr, Ramsey, and Hauerwas","authors":"Renzhong Cui","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>This essay focuses primarily on the observations and insights of Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Ramsey, and Stanley Hauerwas regarding violence, just war, peace, and justice. Niebuhr emphasized the proximity of justice to <i>agape</i>; however, due to the hindrance of sin, it is impossible for humanity to realize this moral ideal in history, and it thus requires the power to seek justice and peace. Ramsey expanded on Niebuhr’s political realism and considered a “statecraft” that seeks to maintain a rightful order of justice. Hauerwas has expressed his criticism of political realism and the concept of just war, expounding on his pacifist thoughts.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"At Midnight I Rise: The Symbolism of Midnight in the Assertion of Jewish-Christian Difference","authors":"Emma O'Donnell Polyakov","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>This essay explores the negotiation of Jewish-Christian difference in the beginning of the Common Era through a comparative study of the symbolic associations of midnight. It comparatively analyzes references to midnight in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, as well as their later reception in Jewish and Christian communities, with attention to how the early Christian community adopted Jewish traditions of time and revised them to reinforce emerging Christian concepts. This essay proposes that the divergent symbolic associations of midnight in the two canons illustrate some of the central concerns and self-understandings of early Christian and Jewish communities, which became thematic in the assertion of Jewish-Christian difference during the parting of the ways. It demonstrates that the midnight passages are thematically linked as a time of transformation, but the content of that transformation differs between the two canons, reflecting themes of concern to the communities that developed the texts. Across the passages in the Hebrew Bible, midnight appears to be symbolic of a transformation that leads to the creation or strengthening of the people of Israel. In contrast to the national transformation envisioned in the Hebrew Bible, references to midnight in the New Testament are thematically related in their presentation of midnight as a time of eschatological transformation, symbolizing the turning point from this world to the next world, and reflecting an emerging religious tradition focused on a redemption beyond worldly time. This essay argues that these distinct thematic associations present concepts of transformation that were asserted during the parting of the ways, as the two religious traditions formulated parameters around their identities. It concludes with an exploration of two distinct temporal visions that eventually emerged as the two traditions separated, drawing parallels between the literary symbolism of midnight in the biblical text and later developments in Jewish and Christian perspectives on time.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reason and Revelation","authors":"Zev Garber","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922806","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; Reason and Revelation &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Zev Garber &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h2&gt;I. Teaching Torah in the Academy&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;uccessful teaching, I believe, is a learning exchange. Learning involves not only the information given but also the recipient’s critical application of what that knowledge means to oneself as an individual and as a member of a community (faith-bound, or not). As a classroom teacher, my major concern is that I am less of a knowledge-dispenser and more of a knowledge-facilitator, who leads my students to make discoveries and articulate values and conclusions. From my teaching experience, I find that students learn better and appreciate more their understanding of the subject matter if they are actively involved in learning rather than being passively taught.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Flexibility, innovation, implementation, enthusiasm, and relevancy are characteristic of a good teaching methodology. The college classroom should not serve as a podium for intellectual exhibitionism or be a forum for undisciplined free-for-all ranting. Some information and delight may result from such activities, but they are achieved at the expense of compromising student learning and scholarship. Instruction in the classroom ought to be student-oriented so that students are involved in comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation rather than becoming amen-sayers to authoritative professorial ranting.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;My pedagogic philosophy in teaching the Hebrew Bible is infused with a binary &lt;em&gt;midrashic&lt;/em&gt; model: &lt;em&gt;midrash `atsmi&lt;/em&gt; (self exegesis and eisegesis) and &lt;em&gt;midrash tsiburi&lt;/em&gt; (explorations of others). In teaching the Hebrew Bible, for example, I encourage my students to engage the text as is (&lt;em&gt;peshat&lt;/em&gt;), and, in return, the scripture begs &lt;em&gt;darshani&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;derash&lt;/em&gt;, “expound me”); by sharing research and by learning from class discussion, seeds of &lt;em&gt;midrashic&lt;/em&gt; activity are planted. Furthermore, the student gains self-respect from such an exposure, &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 121]&lt;/strong&gt; his or her germane ideas are able to sprout, dialogistical learning commences, and a relaxed teacher-student symbiosis is created. Also, I grow in stature as an educator. By playing the role of a class catalyst, I have opportunities to present my own contribution and to refine it in light of class feedback to a greater degree than by a purely lecture method. My goal is to integrate teaching and learning, rooted in the way of Midrash, and the reward is in the participatory doing.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I respect &lt;em&gt;torah mi-sinai.&lt;/em&gt; The doctrine of the eternity of the Torah is implicit in verses that speak of individual teachings of Torah in phrases such as the following: “A perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your (lands of) dwellings” (Lev. 3:17), and “throughout the ages as a covenant for all","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unrequited Lust: Potiphar's Wife and Joseph—Examining Jewish and Christian Views","authors":"David J. Zucker","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>This essay discusses how the Potiphar’s wife/Joseph interactions described in Genesis 39 are dealt with by sources both within Jewish tradition and from a Christian viewpoint. The Jewish sources begin with examples from the Late Second Temple period and beyond, followed by illustrations from midrashim from the ancient world and commentaries through the present. The events in Genesis 39 are then explored by way of Christian sources from the Patristics (church Fathers) through examples from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interfaith Pioneers, 1893–1939 by Marcus Braybrooke (review)","authors":"Daniel Polish","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922809","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Reviewed by:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Interfaith Pioneers, 1893–1939&lt;/em&gt; by Marcus Braybrooke &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Daniel Polish &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; Marcus Braybrooke, &lt;em&gt;Interfaith Pioneers, 1893–1939&lt;/em&gt;. Teignmouth, Devon, England: Braybrooke Press, 2023. Pp. 115. $12.38, photographs. &lt;p&gt;Readers of this journal may assume that their field, like the discipline of mathematics or the study of literature, has a long history. It is worth remembering how very new the study of religion really is—and newer still the project of interfaith dialogue. The fact is that we can trace the origins of these projects back fewer than 150 years. It is worth reminding ourselves that we stand on the shoulders of giants: men and women who, like the great explorers, set out into uncharted waters, often against active resistance, and certainly in defiance of conventional wisdom. Not a deep academic exploration or analysis of the earliest days of “interfaith” work, Braybrooke’s brief study is more like sitting by the fireside sharing the reminiscences of a genial veteran of the work. For everyone engaged in the endeavor, it provides a useful and digestible reminder of their lineage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Braybrooke shares some of his own experiences as a deeply engaged participant in numerous dialogical undertakings and gives brief overviews of the beginnings of the work he shares with us. He discusses some of the first inter-faith conferences, notably the World’s Parliament of Religions, held in conjunction with the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Rather than providing a full history of that event, he focuses on some of the individuals who participated in it. He reminds us that the Parliament was the first real moment when representatives of various of the world religions came together. The very act of meeting, perhaps more than anything that was said, and certainly more than any concrete actions that were taken, was pathbreaking and historical. It is important to be reminded of the seismic quality of this singular event. This was the moment when America and Americans were introduced to spokes-people for the religious traditions of the East. The United States was, at least in &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 139]&lt;/strong&gt; its own self-understanding, a Christian nation—even though adherents of other traditions had lived here from the nation’s beginning. The Parliament elevated the presence of those groups, and others as well, in the collective American consciousness. The image of the collected representatives of so many non-Christian communities, on a more or less equal footing, with Christian religious groups was paradigm-changing. As one newspaper account put it just a week after the conclusion of that gathering, “Christianity had learned that there are no longer pagans and heathen.” Christians, Buddhists, Confucians, Hindus, and others all stood together “upon the sa","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Annotated Titles: 2014, 2017–2021","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a923160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a923160","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; Annotated Titles: 2014, 2017–2021 &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;All annotations are paraphrased from the publishers’ descriptions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;S. Wesley Ariarajah, &lt;em&gt;Strangers or Co-Pilgrims? The Impact of Interfaith Dialogue on Christian Faith and Practice&lt;/em&gt;. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2017. Pp. 256. $34.00, paper.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This book argues that interfaith dialogue begins with the primary goal of improving Christian relationships with people of other religious traditions. Gradually, however, we become aware that this new ministry, when taken seriously, presents many new challenges, forcing us to reexamine our approach to religious plurality and our theology of religions. It also raises questions on how we read the Bible, understand the Christian mission, and do theological reflections in a multifaith context.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Baha’i Faith and African American History: Creating Racial and Religious Diversity&lt;/em&gt;. Edited by Loni Bramson. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books, 2018. Pp. 269. $129.00, cloth; $41.99, paper.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This book examines the intersection of African American history with that of the Bahá’í Faith in the United States. Since the turn of the twentieth century, Bahá’ís in America have actively worked to establish interracial harmony within its own ranks and to contribute to social justice in the wider community, becoming, in the process, one of the country’s most diverse religious bodies.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Edmund Kee-Fook Chia, &lt;em&gt;World Christianity/World Religions Encounters: A Summa of Interfaith Dialogue&lt;/em&gt;. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018. Pp. 252. $29.95, paper.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Synthesizing the thinking of the most prominent scholars, Chia discusses Christianity’s encounter with other religions in this comprehensive book. The author covers topics including, among many others, the invention of the idea &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 153]&lt;/strong&gt; of World Religions and World Christianity; the Bible and the church’s attitude toward other faiths; Vatican II; Asian Christianity; the what, why, when, and how of interfaith dialogue; and the global ecumenical movement.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crow Jesus: Personal Stories of Native Religious Belonging&lt;/em&gt;. Edited by Mark Clatterbuck. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017. Pp. 280. $29.95, paper.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Crow Christianity speaks in many voices, and, in the pages of &lt;em&gt;Crow Jesus&lt;/em&gt;, these voices tell a complex story of Christian faith and Native tradition combining and reshaping each other to create a new and richly varied religious identity. In this collection of narratives, fifteen members of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation in southeastern Montana and three non-Native missionaries to the reservation describe how Christianity has shaped their lives, their families, and their community through the years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Andrew Fiala and Peter Admirand, &lt;em&gt;Seeking Common Ground","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"366 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Dialogue of Difference: Y. Leibowitz in Conversation with M. Dubois on Judaism and Christianity","authors":"Netta Schramm","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>This essay explores the theories of interfaith dialogue proposed by Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Marcel Dubois. It begins by examining their individual interpretations of Judaism, Christianity, and the feasibility of engaging in dialogue. Leibowitz’s emphasis on “difference” and the perceived impossibility of dialogue echoes Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik’s influential essay, “Confrontation.” However, while Soloveitchik prohibited interfaith dialogue and abstained from public discourse, Leibowitz actively engaged in public inter-faith dialogue with his friend Marcel Dubois. Through a detailed analysis of a series of filmed debates between Dubois and Leibowitz, this essay argues that Leibowitz’s actions implicitly endorsed a “dialogue of difference.” Progress in this context involves a deeper understanding of the significant divide between Judaism and Christianity, coupled with fostering genuine appreciation and mutual respect for individuals of different faiths. This exchange between Leibowitz and Dubois highlights the gap between theory and practice, shedding light on the concept of difference in interfaith engagement.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who Do You Say That I Am? Reformed Christology beyond Anti-Judaism","authors":"David H. Jensen","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>This essay explores the connection between confessing Christ as Messiah and the anti-Judaism this confession has often produced in Reformed theology. Through a close reading of selected Reformed confessions, the essay explores the peril and promise of Reformed Christology in relation to Judaism. The author proposes a renewed emphasis on Reformed understandings of Christ as prophet and king, which stress the Jewishness of Jesus and result in deepening contemporary Jewish-Christian encounters.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"266 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Ecumenical Journey","authors":"Thomas F. O'Meara O.P.","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922808","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; An Ecumenical Journey&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Thomas F. O’Meara O.P. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;he winter semester of German universities lasted November to late February. Sixty years ago, in March, 1964, my first semester at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich was ending, and I decided to take a trip. I was studying for a doctorate in theology at a German university because it was a center for new movements in theology, including ecumenism, which meant Christian churches learning from each other. An ecumenical council in Rome was composing the first Roman Catholic document accepting ecumenism. I decided to take a theological journey around Europe to learn about Christians involved in this dialogue. It took me to theological centers in Switzerland, France, England, Belgium, and Denmark.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On a rainy, cold morning in March, I took an early train from the &lt;em&gt;Hauptbahnhof&lt;/em&gt; to Switzerland, arriving that afternoon in Zurich, amidst fog and light snow. The two friars in the Dominican house explained that they had no guest rooms and had arranged for me to stay for two nights in a room for visitors at the large hospital where one of them served as chaplain. In the streets, the thrill of seeing ancient stones drew me from one building to another. A sign at the cathedral stated that Charlemagne had stayed nearby. Its interior was austere, its gothic windows empty of color—an unadorned space for the austere theology and worship of Zwingli. The University’s theology faculty, however, was now open to approaches from Luther, Calvin, and even Roman Catholicism, and the library had books by Yves Congar and Hans Kűng.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;My next stop was Bossey, a small town near Geneva, the site of the research center of the World Council of Churches. A romantic villa with recent modern additions, it had a multilingual library that could provide resources for my dissertation on Paul Tillich. A year or so later, I returned for an ecumenical conference when the participants would spend the long &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 131]&lt;/strong&gt; June evenings in theological discussions while eating strawberries and drinking local white wine in a restaurant’s rose garden. I wrote again in a journal begun earlier in Rome, which noted that I met Lutheran missionaries at work in Brazil who found Catholicism there quite pagan, and that I had listened to a Dutch Catholic bishop arguing for the presence of grace in the Protestant liturgies of the Lord’s Supper.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I took a train to France, where creative ideas and practical applications had in recent years led the church in new directions. In Lyons, the Centre Saint Irénée was directed by a pioneer of ecumenical contacts, Réné Beaupère, O.P., who organized groups of Protestants and Catholics to discuss the Bible or their ideas of church and faith. Ecumenism among the laity was a new ide","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sola Apostolica: A Proposal for an Ecumenical Principle of Authority","authors":"Sean Luke","doi":"10.1353/ecu.2024.a922801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/ecu.2024.a922801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>precis:</p><p>In order to achieve ecumenical unity, the church catholic must settle the question of authority. In this essay, I propose the concept of <i>Sola Apostolica</i>. I argue that the sole infallible norm and source of doctrine for the church catholic is the apostolic teaching—the joint teaching of the prophets and apostles in their integral unity. First, I sketch the history and theology of the Word of God. Next, I define and defend <i>Sola Apostolica</i> by situating it within the theology and domain of the Word. Then, I argue that <i>Prima Scriptura</i> follows as a logical consequence alongside a robust view of the evidential weight of tradition. By coordinating <i>Prima Scriptura</i> and the evidential weight of tradition with <i>Sola Apostolica</i> as their foundation, I hope to move the dialogue forward.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":43047,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140202333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}