Search for dissertations about: "church unity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words church unity.

2. 1. The church as nation : A study in ecclesiology and nationhood

   Author : Kjell Blückert; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; catholicity; church history; Church of Sweden; confessionalism; ecclesiology; folk church; J. A. Eklund; modernity; Nathan Söderblom; nationalism; theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies; tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of nationalism and ecclesiology. These two fields are studiedcomparatively, with particular consideration of the Lutheran state church in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 2. A Journey with a Status Confessionis. Analysis of an apartheid related conflict between the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1982-1998

   Author : Lennart Henriksson; Mika Vähäkangas; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; goalposts; Status Confessionis; mission; ecumenism; Belhar confession; World Alliance of Reformed Churuches; Dutch Reformed Church; South Africa; contrapuntal; apartheid; reformed; post-colonialism; church unity; ecumenics; Reformed churches; Apartheid;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the conflict between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) - the worldwide Reformed movement - and the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (DRC) regarding the latter's support for and theological legitimizing of apartheid. One of the strongest measures possible was taken when the issue in 1982 was declared a Status Confessionis and the Dutch Reformed Church was suspended from the fellowship. READ MORE

5. 3. Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement : Unity through a deeper sense of apostolicity

   Author : Erik Eckerdal; Sven-Erik Brodd; Tiit Pädam; Susan K Wood; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Apostolicity; apostolic succession; episcopal succession; episcopate; Porvoo Common Statement; episcopacy; ecclesiology; ecumenism; substantive apostolicity; successio; traditio; communio; koinonia; ecumenical method; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : A number of ecumenical dialogues have identified apostolic succession as one of the most crucial issues on which the churches need to find a joint understanding in order to achieve the unity of the Church.When the Porvoo Common Statement (PCS) was published in 1993, it was regarded by some as an ecumenical breakthrough, because it claimed to have established visible and corporate unity between the Lutheran and Anglican churches of the Nordic-Baltic-British-Irish region through a joint understanding of ecclesiology and apostolic succession. READ MORE

6. 4. Beyond the Controversy: A Study of African Theologies of Inculturation and Liberation

   Author : Stephen I Munga; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Manas Buthelezi.; Charles Nyamiti; incarnation; African personality; the Church; Christ; ancestorship; integral-synthesis approach; Inculturation theology; liberation theology; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

   Abstract : When Harry Sawyerr wrote his essay "What is African Theology?", published first in African Theological Journal, vol. 4 (1971), it appeared from its contents that he was making short comments about James Cone's Black theology that could have disappeared in the midst of more pressing African theological issues. READ MORE

7. 5. Narrow management : The quest for unity in diversity : a study of resource dependence and institutionalisation in nonprofit organisations : the case of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus

   Author : Eskil Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this study is to identify some of the problems facing management when the activities in an organisation are to be integrated as a unified whole, but when the work itself is beingsupported by a variety of external organisations with different interests and identities. The study focuses particularly on the role of central management and its ability to manage the work according to an overall purpose and common organisational identity. READ MORE