The Calling of the Church in Times of Polarization / / Heleen E. Zorgdrager and Pieter Vos.

• Superior document: Studies in Reformed Theology Series ; Volume 46
• VerfasserIn: Zorgdrager, Heleen, 1959-; Vos, Pieter, 1970-
• TeilnehmendeR: Vos, Pieter, 1970-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Reformed theology ; Volume 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 pages)

In many societies all over the world, an increasing polarization between contrasting groups can be observed. Polarization arises when a fear born of difference turns into ‘us-versus-them’ thinking and rules out any form of compromise. This volume addresses polarizations within societies as well as within churches, and asks the question: given these dynamics, what may be the calling of the church? The authors offer new approaches to polarizing debates on topics such as racism, social justice, sexuality and gender, euthanasia, and ecology and agriculture in various contexts. They engage in profound theological and ecclesiological reflection, in particular from the Reformed tradition. Contributors to this volume are: Najib George Awad, Henk van den Belt, Nadine Bowers Du Toit, Jaeseung Cha, David Daniels, David Fergusson, Jan Jorrit Hasselaar, Jozef Hehanussa, Allan Janssen, Klaas-Willem de Jong, Viktória Kóczián, Philipp Pattberg, Louise Prideaux, Emanuel Gerrit Singgih, Peter-Ben Smit, Thandi Soko-de Jong, Wim van Vlastuin, Jan Dirk Wassenaar, Elizabeth Welch, Annemarieke van der Woude, and Heleen Zorgdrager.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Copyright page / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Dedication Page / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Notes on Contributors / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Introduction / Pieter Vos -- Part 1 Polarization in Church and Society / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Chapter 1 Can Conviviality Trump Polarization? Exploring the Notion of Conviviality as Calling of the Church in Times of Polarization / Nadine Bowers Du Toit -- Chapter 2 Re-forming the Conversation as a Response to Polarization: A Case Study Exploration of the Dallas Statement / Thandi Soko-de Jong -- Chapter 3 Retrieving the Concept of Unio Mystica cum Christo and Applying It to Concepts of Sexuality in a Pluralistic Postmodern Culture / Willem van Vlastuin -- Chapter 4 Theological Assessment of the Gender and Sexuality Debate in the Netherlands: The Case of the ‘Nashville Statement’ / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Chapter 5 Passivity, Abuse, and Self-Sacrifice: Daoism and Feminist Christology / Jaeseung Cha -- Chapter 6 “Remove the Sandals from Your Feet”: Holiness in the Dutch Euthanasia Debate / Annemarieke van der Woude -- Chapter 7 Sowing Hope in a Polarized Agricultural Debate / Jan Jorrit Hasselaar -- Part 2 Polarization and the Reformed Tradition / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Chapter 8 Reformed Social Theology: Contexts and Constants / David Fergusson -- Chapter 9 Prelude to a “Post-xenophobic” Future: Interrogating the 1618 Baptism Debate at the Synod of Dort / David Douglas Daniels III -- Chapter 10 Protestant Schools and Hospitals in the Context of Religious Polarization in Yogyakarta / Jozef Mepibozef Nelsun Hehanussa -- Chapter 11 Election and Hope: Van Ruler and Dort / Allan J. Janssen † -- Chapter 12 Polarization and the Pursuit of Unanimity in the Church: Ecclesiastical Decision-Making in the Dutch Reformed Tradition / Klaas-Willem de Jong -- Part 3 The Calling of the Church / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Chapter 13 Fighting against Polarization: The Indonesian Communion of Churches, Religious Plurality and Sexual Orientations in Indonesia / Emanuel Gerrit Singgih -- Chapter 14 Developing Koinonia in an Age of Polarization / Elizabeth Welch -- Chapter 15 No Calling without Being Called: The Vocatio Interna at the Heart of Sanctification / Henk van den Belt -- Chapter 16 ‘They Are in the World, but Not of the World’: Biblical and Contextual Reflections on Church, Alterity and Self-Otherizing / Najib George Awad -- Chapter 17 Theology of Migration in the Discourse of the World Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary (2015–2019) / Viktória Kóczián -- Chapter 18 Against Polarization: Forming a Sense of ‘Otherness’ from a Conversation between Anthropology and Neo-Calvinism / Louise C. Prideaux -- Epilogue / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Index of Subjects / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Index of Names / Heleen Zorgdrager -- Index of Scriptures / Heleen Zorgdrager.