TY - JOUR
T1 - Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation: Ecumenical Initiatives Amidst Human Brokenness and Community Division.
AU - Gort, J.D.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - After reflecting on the ambiguous role of religion in terms of violence, Jerald D. Gort in this article outlines, first, the conditions for true reconciliation among peoples (acknowledgement of Christian complicity; no cheap reconciliation; no utopian enthusiasm; no fatalistic view of human capacity); then, second, he outlines the initiatives ofthe World Council of Churches (WCC) toward justice and reconciliation in the world. Such initiatives involve the struggle against injustice on the one hand and a practice of the "wider ecumenism" (dialogue of histories, theologies, spiritualities, and life) on the other. © 2002 BRILL.
AB - After reflecting on the ambiguous role of religion in terms of violence, Jerald D. Gort in this article outlines, first, the conditions for true reconciliation among peoples (acknowledgement of Christian complicity; no cheap reconciliation; no utopian enthusiasm; no fatalistic view of human capacity); then, second, he outlines the initiatives ofthe World Council of Churches (WCC) toward justice and reconciliation in the world. Such initiatives involve the struggle against injustice on the one hand and a practice of the "wider ecumenism" (dialogue of histories, theologies, spiritualities, and life) on the other. © 2002 BRILL.
U2 - 10.1163/157338302x00215
DO - 10.1163/157338302x00215
M3 - Article
SN - 0168-9789
VL - 2
SP - 90
EP - 112
JO - Mission Studies: Journal of the International Association of Mission Studies
JF - Mission Studies: Journal of the International Association of Mission Studies
ER -
