Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Brazil and its Pulsating Plurality
This article traces the efforts of the National Council of Churches in Brazil to endorse the document 'Christian witness in a multi-religious world' and to implement its recommendations in the practice of churches in Brazil. The reception of the document is placed into the historical devel...
| Published in: | Transformation |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Sage
[2019]
|
| In: |
Transformation
Year: 2019, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-35 |
| RelBib Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CH Christianity and Society HC New Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBR Latin America KCC Councils KDB Roman Catholic Church KDJ Ecumenism RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Plurality
B Brazil B Christian fundamentalism B Religious Pluralism B interfaith co-operation B Mission (international law |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article traces the efforts of the National Council of Churches in Brazil to endorse the document 'Christian witness in a multi-religious world' and to implement its recommendations in the practice of churches in Brazil. The reception of the document is placed into the historical development of the ecumenical movement in Brazil since an important conference in 1962 in Recife, Brazil, and the impact the Second Vatican Council had in the Latin American country. The focus is then on how the religious plurality in the country started to be perceived. Three examples follow showing how fundamentalist Christian groups oppose other religious expressions in the country and how the churches united in the council are challenged by the spirit of witnessing in respect to embrace pluralism. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Transformation
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0265378819831849 |