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The term "denomination" is now widely used to describe a Christian community or church. But what is a 'denomination'? In this highly creative collection of essays, representatives of all major Christian traditions give an answer to this question. What does the term mean in their own tradition? And does that tradition understand itself to be a 'denomination'? If so, what is that understanding of 'denomination'; and if not, how does the tradition understand itself vis à vis those churches which do and those churches which do not understand themselves as 'denominations'? In dialogue with the argument and ideas set forth in Barry Ensign-George's essay, each contributor offers a response from the perspective of a particular church (tradition). Each essay also considers questions concerning the current landscape of ecumenical dialogue; ecumenical method and the goals of the ecumenical movement; as well as questions of Christian identity and belonging.
Contents
Introduction Paul M. Collins
Denomination as Ecclesiological Category: Sketching an Assessment Barry Ensign-George (Reformed/Presbyterian)\Anglican 'Denomination: An Anglican Appraisal' Paul Avis
Baptist: 'The Ecumenical Dimensions of Baptist Denominational Identity' Steven R. Harmon
Lutheran: 'The Lutheran Church: Church, Confession, Congregation, Denomination' Gesa Thiessen
Methodist: 'United Methodism: Its Identity as Denomination' Russell Richey\Orthodox: 'The Orthodox Church on Denomination' Elena Vishnevskaya
Pentecostal: 'The Denomination in Classical and Global Pentecostal Ecclesiology: A Historical and Theological Contribution' Wolfgang Vondey
Quaker: 'Denomination beyond the North Atlantic Ecclesial World' Ann Riggs
Reformed/Presbyterian: 'Presbyterianism and Denomination' Amy Plantinga Pauw
Is there a future for denominationalism? Reflections from the perspective of Roman Catholic ecclesiology and from the perspective of the future of the ecumenical movement Peter de Mey
Afterword: A Global Perspective Kirsteen Kim
