Receptive Ecumenism<\/a>: \u201cWanting to avoid an indifferent relativism, some churches focus on older formulations to define their identity over against other churches. But, in fact, the Princeton Proposal argues, both liberal indifference and divisive sectarianism are often marked by a shift away from the question of truth and towards the question of identity: \u2018The question Is it true?, that is, faithful to the divine revelation, was implicitly equated with Is it authentically Catholic?, Is it Evangelical?, Does it express the mind of Orthodoxy?, Is it congruent with the dynamics of the Reformation? \u2019 (\u00a7 41). The Proposal continues, \u2018This shift from truth to identity reflects a kind of tribalization of Christian communities\u2019 which can play into the hands of secular nationalism, ethnic conflict, or consumerist dynamics (\u00a7 42).\u201d<\/p>\nLiberalism and sectarianism are, in short, two versions of tribalism.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One Body Through the Cross, the Princeton Proposal for Christianity Unity, criticizes the ecumenical movement for \u201cliberal indifference\u201d to orthodoxy, which has sometimes provoked a reaction of \u201cdivisive sectarianism.\u201d For some, the solution is to stress traditional doctrinal formulations, but this cure is part of the disease. As Margaret O\u2019Gara explains in her contribution to\u00a0Receptive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecumenism"],"yoast_head":"\n
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