Adventist interchurch relations : : a study in ecumenics / / Stefan Höschele.

• Superior document: Kirche – Konfession – Religion
• VerfasserIn: Höschele, Stefan,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : V&R Unipress,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Kirche – Konfession – Religion
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (513 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Technical Notes -- Notes on the Cover Picture -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Aim and Rationale -- 1.2 Sources and Literature -- 1.3 Approach and Perspective -- 2. On Studying Interchurch Relations -- 2.1 The Problem -- 2.1.1 Ecumenism and Interchurch Relations: Terms and Definitions -- 2.1.2 Ecumenics and the Study of the Churches' Relationships: Taking Stock -- 2.1.3 Interchurch Relations Research: Premises, Problems, Promises -- 2.2 Approaches and the State of Research -- 2.2.1 Historical Approaches: Interpreting Developments in Intra-Christian Interactions -- 2.2.2 Theological Discourses: Models of Unity - Models of Relationships? -- 2.2.3 Social Sciences: Applying Relations Relevant Theories -- 2.3 Factors and a Typology -- 2.3.1 A Phenomenological Approach -- 2.3.2 Factors -- 2.3.3 A Typology -- 3. Apocalyptic Heat and a Diversity of Attitudes: The Formative Years of Adventism -- 3.1 Non-Denominationalism and Millennialist Revivalism: The Impact of the Restorationist and Millerite Movements -- 3.1.1 Interchurch Relationships in Early 19th Century America -- 3.1.2 The Millerite Movement and the Denominations -- 3.1.3 Effects of Separatism and the "Great Disappointment" -- 3.2 Apocalyptic Anti-Institutionalism and Sabbath Mission: Sabbatarian Adventists and Other Christians, 1844-1860 -- 3.2.1 Intra-Millerite Relations and the Emergence of Sabbatarians -- 3.2.2 Identity Formation, Church Concepts and Notions of Unity -- 3.2.3 Attitudes to Other Christians -- 3.3 Denominationalization and Sabbatarian Ecumenism: The Early Seventh-day Adventist Church -- 3.3.1 Becoming a Church -- 3.3.2 Sabbatarian Ecumenism -- 3.3.3 Relating to the Christian World.

4. Experimenting with Distance and Proximity: The Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries -- 4.1 Adventist Ecumenical Thinking and Anxieties in the Late 19th Century -- 4.1.1 Musings on Christian Unity and Church Union Efforts -- 4.1.2 Encountering the Sunday Law and Temperance Movements -- 4.1.3 The Importance of Theological Development and Ellen White's Ministry for Adventist Interchurch Relations -- 4.2 Cooperating so that Christ Can Come? Adventists and the Protestant Missionary Movement -- 4.2.1 The Impact of Changing Adventist Missionary Thought -- 4.2.2 Continuing Friction, Courteous Attitudes: The SDA Paradox -- 4.2.3 The Comity Issue: Developing a Denominational Statement -- 4.2.4 Institutionalized Cooperation in the 1930s and 1940s -- 4.3 Critical Observers of Alternative Movements -- 4.3.1 Contacts with the Incipient Ecumenical Movement -- 4.3.2 Uneasy Ties with American Fundamentalists -- 5. Seeking Good Relations as the Parousia Delays: Developments after World War II -- 5.1 Experimenting with New Types of Interaction -- 5.1.1 Discussing with Evangelicals in the 1950s -- 5.1.2 Observing Vatican II -- 5.1.3 Conversing with the World Council of Churches -- 5.2 Functioning as a Christian World Communion -- 5.2.1 Bert B. Beach and the Christian World Communions -- 5.2.2 Enduring Ambivalence, Maturing Positions -- 5.2.3 Intentional Interaction, International Differentiation -- 5.3 Dialoguing with Other Denominations -- 5.3.1 The Lutheran-Adventist Conversations and Their Epilogue -- 5.3.2 Adventists and Roman Catholics: Open-Ended Exchange -- 5.3.3 Family Reunion: Meeting the Reformed and Evangelicals -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Appendices -- 7.1 Appendix I: Chronology of Adventist Interchurch Relationships and General Ecumenical Development -- 7.2 Appendix II: Texts -- 8. Bibliography -- 8.1 Books, Dissertations, and Theses on SDA and ICR.

8.2 Articles and Parts of Books on SDA and ICR -- 8.3 Adventist Theological Dialogue Documents -- 8.4 Unpublished and Digital Items on SDA and ICR -- 8.5 Adventist Writings of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries -- 8.6 Adventist Theology and History -- 8.7 Other Literature (Ecumenism, Sociology, Theology, etc.) -- Index.