Faith and ethnicity / / Dirk van Keulen [and four others].

• Superior document: Studies in Reformed Theology; 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Keulen, D. van,
• Place / Publishing House: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands : : Meinema,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Reformed Theology; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Contributions to the Fourth International Conference of the IRTI held in Princeton, N.J. in 2001.

In writing 'In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek', the apostle Paul touched on a topic that still is hotly debated among Christians today: the relationship between faith and ethnicity. The Reformed Chuches, usually organised along regional or national lines, are no exception and wrestle world-wide with the issue. This volume offers more traditional Western, mostly European perspectives, exploring Western and Eastern European and North American contexts. Hermeneutics, church order and ecumenical aspects complement the theme. This and the previous volume of Studies in Reformed Theology contain contributions to the fourth international conference of the International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI), held in Princeton, N.J., U.S.A. (2001), on the theme of Faith and Ethnicity.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Eddy A.J. G. Van der Borght and Dirk van Keulen -- Western Perspectives on Faith and Ethnicity / Eddy Van der Borght -- Faith, Ethnicity and Contextuality An Investigation of their Relation and Relevance to Church and Christianship / J.H. van Wyk -- One Bible, Two Testaments: Covenant, Ethnicity and New Creation / Flip Theron -- The Barmen Declaration: Its Theology, Background and Reception / Eberhard Busch -- Universality and Particularity Karl Barth on the munus propheticum / Comelis van der Kooi -- The Netherlands as the Second Israel / Willem Verboom -- The national Church: A useful ecclesiological Concept within the Reformed Tradition? / Eddy Van der Borght -- Reformed and Hungarian: Faith and Ethnicity in a Middle and Eastern European Context / Ferenc Szücs -- Communism the Tool of Forced Assimilation / Laszlo Varga -- Ethnicity, Church and the European Union / Botond Gaál -- The Witness and Experiences of the Reformed Church in Hungary since the Collapse of the Party-State 1989–2001 / János Pásztor -- Religion and Ethnicity: A Public Theological Overview in a Global Era / Max Stackhouse -- The Ethnicity of Biblical Israel as a Theological Construct / Kune Biezeveld -- ‘Just as the Sun is One and the Same throughout the World ... ’ The Christian’s Home in the Light of Ad Diognetum, Irenaeus and Tertullian / Willem-Jan de Wit -- Religion in a Pluralistic Society A Reformed View / Pieter Coertzen -- Plurality in Reformed Church Order / Al Janssen -- From Nationalism to Inculturation Debate / Martien Brinkman -- Universality in Particularity The Ecumenical Meaning of the Reformed Confession / Georg Plasger -- Ecclesiology, Identity and Ethnicity / Sjaak van’t Kruis -- The Importance of General Concepts and Common Language for Theology / Christiaan Mostert -- List of Contributors / Eddy A.J. G. Van der Borght and Dirk van Keulen -- Index of Names / Eddy A.J. G. Van der Borght and Dirk van Keulen.