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Leaning into the Spirit

Ecumenical Perspectives on Discernment and Decision-making in the Church

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Gives fresh insight into ecumenism
  • Offers new theological insights in the areas of Christology, Pneumatology and Trinitarian theology
  • Includes leading international theologians Michael Welker, Paul Avis, Thomas Rausch, and Paul D. Murray, among others

Part of the book series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue (PEID)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Introduction

    • Virginia Miller, David Moxon
    Pages 1-10
  3. The Spirit of Ecumenism: Theological Impulses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
  4. Receiving Through Dialogue: Past and Present

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Receptive Ecumenism in the Context of Bilateral Dialogues

      • Raymond K. Williamson
      Pages 147-157

About this book

This book contains fresh insights into ecumenism and, notwithstanding claims of an “ecumenical winter,” affirms the view that we are actually moving into a “new ecumenical spring.” It offers new theological insights in the areas of Christology, Pneumatology and Trinitarian theology, and discusses developments in ecumenism in the USA, UK, Australia, India, and Africa, as well as in ecumenical institutions such as the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission (ARCIC). 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Public and Contextual Theology (PaCT), Charles Sturt University, Barton, Australia

    Virginia Miller

  • Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Church, Aotearoa, New Zealand

    The Most Rev’d. Sir David Moxon

  • Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University, Barton, Australia

    The Rt. Rev’d. Prof. Stephen Pickard

About the editors

Virginia Miller is a research fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia.

The Most Rev’d. Sir David Moxon is Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia.

The Rt. Rev’d Prof. Stephen Pickard is the Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, and Director of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology. Both centres are under the aegis of Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia. 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Leaning into the Spirit

  • Book Subtitle: Ecumenical Perspectives on Discernment and Decision-making in the Church

  • Editors: Virginia Miller, The Most Rev’d. Sir David Moxon, The Rt. Rev’d. Prof. Stephen Pickard

  • Series Title: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19997-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19996-8Published: 11 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19999-9Published: 05 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19997-5Published: 23 November 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6591

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Christian Theology, Sociology of Religion, Politics and Religion

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