Diakonia and Diaconate As an Ecumenical Challenge

by Hilberath, Bernd Jochen; Mascini, Rob

• ISBN13: 9783825872687
• ISBN10: 3825872688
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-24
• Publisher: Lit Verlag

Summary

At present, both the social and the ecumenical situation call for a renewed attention to the relationship between faith and life, between evangelisation and diakonia, which arise from and culminate in liturgy, from which they also draw their strength. The essays published in this collection call attention to the diaconal structure of every Christian action and to the theology underlying diakonia. The present book sums up the results and reflections of the first ecumenical theological symposium on the diaconate, which took place in Stuttgart in November 2003. The participants represented the Church of England, the Church of Sweden, the Episcopalian Church in the US and the Roman Catholic Church. All of the symposium's material is summed up in this first book of the series and gives an impetus for interesting on-going discussion.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the "Ecumenism and Diakonia" Collection	p. 1
Word of Welcome	p. 3
Welcome	p. 7
Ecumenical Theological Symposium, Stuttgart, November 2003	p. 9
Church of Sweden contribution	p. 19
Deacons and the Church of England	p. 35
Deacons and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America	p. 39
Diaconate in the Catholic Church	p. 47
Remarks on the theology of the ministry transmitted through ordination	p. 61
Taking Advantage of the Ecumenical Chances: Diaconate's Points of Tension and Peer Supervision of the Churches	p. 79
Marked with the signs of the times: opportunities and limitations of a sculpture procedure in the ecumenical dialogue on ordained diaconate	p. 109
The Changing Image of the Deacon. Emphases and tendencies in the ministry of deacons as reflected in the periodical Diaconia Christi	p. 125
Diakonia - diaconate - ecumenism: A retrospective look by the organizers of the Symposium	p. 143
Questionnaire in preparation for the Ecumenical-Theological Symposium on Diaconate 2003	p. 167
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