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Agreeable agreement [electronic resource] : an examination of the quest for consensus in ecumenical dialogue / Minna Hietam�aki.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ecclesiological investigations ; v. 8. | T & T Clark theologyPublication details: London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 261 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780567037497 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567037495 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Agreeable agreement.DDC classification:
  • 262.001 22
LOC classification:
  • BX8.3 .H54 2010eb
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Contents:
Part I. Introduction : -- 1. Consensus as an ecumenical challenge -- Part II. Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue : -- 2. International dialogue -- 3. National dialogues : selected examples -- 4. Consensus with difference -- Part III. Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue : -- 5. International dialogue : Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) -- Part IV. Anglican-Lutheran Dialogue : -- 6. International dialogue -- 7. Episcopal-Lutheran dialogue in the United States -- 8. Regional dialogues : selected examples -- Part V. The Possibility of Consensus : a Synthesis : -- 9. Consensus in bilateral dialogues -- 10. Consensus : the continuing debate -- 11. Conclusion.
Summary: In recent bilateral ecumenical dialogue the aim of the dialogue has been to reach some form of doctrinal consensus. The three major chapters of the book discuss the variety of forms of doctrinal consensus found in ecumenical dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans and Roman Catholics. In general, the dialogue documents argue for agreement/consensus based on commonality or compatibility. Each of the three dialogue processes has specific characteristics and formulates its argument in a unique way. The Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue has a particular interest in hermeneutical questions and proposes
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Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Helsinki, 2008 under title: Agreeable agreement : an examination into the ecumenical quest for a solid consensus in light of bilateral doctrinal dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans and Roman Catholics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-257) and index.

Part I. Introduction : -- 1. Consensus as an ecumenical challenge -- Part II. Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue : -- 2. International dialogue -- 3. National dialogues : selected examples -- 4. Consensus with difference -- Part III. Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue : -- 5. International dialogue : Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) -- Part IV. Anglican-Lutheran Dialogue : -- 6. International dialogue -- 7. Episcopal-Lutheran dialogue in the United States -- 8. Regional dialogues : selected examples -- Part V. The Possibility of Consensus : a Synthesis : -- 9. Consensus in bilateral dialogues -- 10. Consensus : the continuing debate -- 11. Conclusion.

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In recent bilateral ecumenical dialogue the aim of the dialogue has been to reach some form of doctrinal consensus. The three major chapters of the book discuss the variety of forms of doctrinal consensus found in ecumenical dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans and Roman Catholics. In general, the dialogue documents argue for agreement/consensus based on commonality or compatibility. Each of the three dialogue processes has specific characteristics and formulates its argument in a unique way. The Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue has a particular interest in hermeneutical questions and proposes

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