Christ's Love Moves the Church: An Ecumenism of the Heart. Issue 3 (27th July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Durber, Susan
• Is Part Of: Ecumenical review. Volume 73:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 364
• Page End: 374
• Publication Date: 2021-07-27
• Subjects: ecumenical movement -- renewal -- love -- communion -- church; Ecumenical movement -- Periodicals; 280.04205
• DOI: 10.1111/erev.12613
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-0796

Abstract

Abstract: The ecumenical movement stands in need of renewal, a renewal inspired and moved by a depth and warmth of love. It has, for too long, been dominated by discourses of the mind (and particularly by styles of thinking of the West and the global North). A renewal that draws on the knowledge of body, mind, and heart might resonate with a much broader global constituency and fire passion and commitment in people who now pull back from what they experience as abstract forms shaped by colonial power and culture. A unity founded in a loving communion may open up new possibilities, and a new language of the heart might stir a revival in the ecumenical movement.