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Ecumenism in Praxis

A Historical Critique of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church

Joseph Daniel author Klaus Koschorke editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:15th Aug '14

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The Malankara Mar Thoma Church’s ecumenical outlook – marked by twin facets of openness and autonomy – has been the underlying ethos guiding its history, helping it to establish a unique identity. The book retells the church’s ecumenical history dating back to its founding in 52 CE. This study throws ample light on the period between the significant changes of 1889 and the present times. It deals with questions such as: How did the church start practising an ecumenical outlook even before the word ecumenism was coined? Could this have resulted from the church’s interaction with Indian culture that upholds unity in diversity?

«Reading Daniel’s description and analysis [...] is a highly instructive and at times fascinating enterprise [...]. As a result, his book is required reading for those working in the field of Indian Christianity and ecumenism.»
(Peter-Ben Smit, Exchange 46/2017)

ISBN: 9783631654804

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 530g

328 pages

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