Search for dissertations about: "World Council of Churches."

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words World Council of Churches..

2. 1. Gospel and Culture in the World Council of Churches and the Lausanne Movement with Particular Focus on the Period 1973-1996

   Author : Klas Lundström; Sven-Erik Brodd; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Alf Tergel; Jonas Jonson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Missionary studies; contextualization; culture; cultural identity; Culture and religion-Congresses; ecumenism; Evangelicalism; gospel and culture; inculturation; Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization; syncretism; World Council of Churches-World mission and evangelism; Missionsvetenskap; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an investigation of the discussion on gospel and culture in the World Council of Churches and the Lausanne movement with particular attention to the period 1973-1996. In order to understand the discussion, eight analytic questions were used: (1) Why did gospel and culture become an important issue? (2) How were the term “gospel” and (3) the term “culture” understood? What was the understanding of: (4) the interaction between gospel and culture, (5) historical gospel transposition processes, (6) cultural identity, (7) the role and approaches of missionaries, and (8) the perceived limits to syncretism? The study argues that the debate appeared as a result of decolonization and an assertion of cultural selfhood of churches in the South. READ MORE

4. 2. Catholicity Challenging Ethnicity : An Ecclesiological Study of Congregations and Churches in Post-apartheid South Africa

   Author : Erik Berggren; Sven-Erik Brodd; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Daniel Louw; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Catholicity; Democratisation; Ecclesiology; Ethnicity; Faith and Order; Operative Ecclesiology; Post-apartheid; Practices; South Africa; World Council of Churches.; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the relationship between the catholicity of the Church and ethnicity. South African congregations and churches have been studied two decades after the advent of democracy to discern their ecclesiological practices. READ MORE

5. 3. Prospects for Theology in Peacebuilding : A Theological Analysis of the Just Peace Concept in the Textual Process towards an International Ecumenical Peace Declaration, World Council of Churches 2008-2011

   Author : Sara Gehlin; Mika Vähäkangas; Geraldine S Smyth; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Peace-building; Ecumenical movement; Religion and sociology; Church and social problems;

   Abstract : This study takes its starting point in the questions of whether and how theology might serve as a faith-basedpeacebuilding resource. Based on an exploration of the textual process towards an international ecumenicaldeclaration on just peace in the World Council of Churches, it suggests that theology can indeed serve as sucha resource and it sketches how theology can make such a contribution. READ MORE