Simon, János (2010) Kapcsolati perspektívák az „egyház és világ” találkozásában. Richard Niebuhr és John Howard Yoder ekkléziológiáinak divergenciája [Relational perspectives in the meeting of "church and world". The divergence of the ecclesiology of Richard Niebuhr and John Howard Yoder]. Studia Doctorum Theologiae Protestantis, 1. pp. 219-241. ISSN 2069 - 0991
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The relationship between the church and the world is such a versatile question in theology that any of the subfields of theology can investigate it with its own methods and tools. Richard Niebuhr and John Howard Yoder come from different backgrounds, with different Christian values, but both try to resolve the tension of relations between church and world, albeit in very different ways. From examining the diverse answers, the question arises almost naturally: Where do the two perspectives meet? The tension between the universal and the particular is what Andrew Wals calls the "pilgrimage principle". In his missiological writing, he emphasizes that the universal power of the gospel surpasses the totality of the particularities of our own human culture, and yet, the gospel always penetrates into a given particular context of the Christian community. The principle of pilgrimage seeks to see the universal and the particular at the same time, and with the help of this, the intersections of Niebuhr and Yoder's ecclesiology can also be discovered. While Niebuhr fears the church's isolation and separation, and this motivates his speech, Yoder is concerned about the mixing of the church and the world, but both speeches serve to fulfill the church's vocation. They both want to achieve the activation of the passive church, and although they show two perspectives, they both profess, but Yoder in particular emphasizes that ecclesiology and ethics cannot be separated. With the help of the principle of pilgrimage, most of the existing tension between the two theologies will disappear and both sides of the coin will be visible: the reality of the church living in culture, but also the uniqueness of the church that offers an alternative to it. The church must be reminded of the communion with the whole of humanity, emphasizing the church's missionary responsibility towards the "non-church", the undertaking of which protects it from ghettoization and church egocentrism. At the same time, it is also necessary to remember its role in God's kingdom, i.e. the character of an alternative community, the full realization of which he urges daily ("Let your kingdom come..."), and which already exists here on Earth.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Missiology, Ecclesiology, H Richard Niebuhr, Evangelical Ecclesiology, John Howard Yoder, Ecumenical Ecclesiology |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Missional ecclesiology B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation B Mission theology/theory > Public Theology G Christian traditions/Denominations > Reformed, Presbyterian |
| Divisions: | Central Europe > Hungary |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2022 06:06 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2022 06:06 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2646 |
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