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.