Communion of saints in context : theological, pastoral and missiological perspectives from Asia and Oceania /
"The communion of saints has been called a ‘sleeping symbol' within Christian churches, often overlooked and poorly understood. This is particularly true within the Protestant tradition, which has too often uncritically rejected concepts and practices related to talking about ‘the saints&#...
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Oxford, UK :
Regnum Books International,
2020.
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| Series: | Regnum studies in mission.
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Table of Contents:
- PART I. The Living Cloud
- Being called friends : the friendship metaphor for saints in an intercultural context / Eric Trozzo
- Unity and diversity among the saints : reflections on John 10:14-16, with special reference to the confessions and experiences of the Presbyterians in the Philippines / Laurence Gatawa
- A Lutheran understanding of the communion of aaints and public theology in Australia / Will Frost
- PART II. Ancestors and Saints
- Communion with ancestral wpirits : radical syncretism or a neglected aspect of theologising in Christian spiritual formation and witness? / Cheong Weng Kit
- Ancestors as saints in the theology of the Wege Bage of Papua, Indonesia / Uwe Hummel
- PART III. Remembering and Connecting the Living and the Dead
- Communion of saints in the Papua context / Sientje Latuputty
- Conflict resolution and the communion of saints in Indian public life / David John Samuel
- Martyrdom and ecumenism for Anglicans in Myanmar / Naw Myatt Hsu Mon