Kirchen in Europa haben eine spezifische Erfahrungs-Geschichte mit ihrer Verhältnisbestimmung zur Nation. Obwohl im Prinzip darüber einig, dass der christliche Glaube in seiner Grundtendenz von einem übernationalen, ja universalistischen Charakter geprägt ist, wird spätestens seit dem 19. Jahrhundert immer wieder gefragt, ob nicht doch Nation und nationale Identität zur Schöpfung Gottes gehören. Gegenwärtig wird das in den Kirchen Europas kontrovers diskutiert, eng verbunden mit Erfahrungen von Migration.
»Nation« klingt anders für protestantische Minderheitskirchen als für orthodoxe oder römisch-katholische Kirche in ehemals kommunistischen Staaten und wieder anders für deutsche Kirchen, die ihre Verquickung mit dem Nationalsozialismus verarbeiten müssen. Können Nationalbewusstsein und gegenwärtige Migrationserfahrungen zusammengehen? Haben die Kirchen in ökumenischer Perspektive dazu etwas Spezifisches zu sagen? Mit diesen Fragen beschäftigt sich dieser Tagungsband der Societas Oecumenica.
Mit Beiträgen von Elzbieta Adamiak, Niko Huttunen, Petre Maican, Ivana Noble, Friederike Nüssel, Peter Phan, Hector Scerri, Peter-Ben Smit, Andrea Strübind, Ulrike Link-Wieczorek, Kaholi Zhimomi
Churches in Europe have specific historical experiences regarding their relationship with the nation. Although in principle it is agreed that the Christian faith is in its basic tendency shaped by a supranational, even universalistic character, since the 19th century at the latest it has been repeatedly asked whether nation and national identity do not belong to God's creation. At present this is controversially discussed in the churches of Europe, closely connected with experiences of migration.
Can national consciousness and current migration experiences go together? Do churches have anything specific to say about this in an ecumenical perspective? These are the questions addressed in this conference volume of the Societas Oecumenica.
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Introduction 13
GROUNDWORK
Nationalism and Migration as Challenges for Ecumenical Theology 21
A Starter in a German Protestant View
Ulrike Link-Wieczorek
Eschatological Prophet as Political Realist 40
Paul, Nations, and the State
Niko Huttunen
PART I
NATIONALISM AND CHURCH: CONFESSIONAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
Protestantismus und Nationalismus in der Pfalz 57
Beobachtungen aus der regionalen NS-Kirchengeschichtsforschung
Christof Picker
Ambivalence of Ecumenical Experience of Church and Nation 66
A Free Church Perspective
Andrea Strübind
The Ambivalence of Ecumenism and Nationalism 82
A Romanian Orthodox Account
Petre Maican
Nation, Patriotismus und Geschlecht 91
Eine theologische Debatte in Polen
Elz?bieta Adamiak
National States and Migration Crisis in Europe 103
A Hungarian (Lutheran) Point of View
Peter Szentpe´tery
What Are the Churches Doing? 109
Questions in Response to Pe´ter Szentpe´tery
Margriet Gosker
A »Czech Question« among Nationalism, Church Profiling and Ecumenism 112
A Glimpse of the First Years of Independent Czechoslovakia
Robert Svaton
Ecumenical, Catholic and Nationalist: But Which Kind? 124
»National Catholic« Churches and Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s in the Netherlands
Peter-Ben Smit
Pan-Africans and Nationalism 144
Catalysts of the Ecumenical Movement in Africa: 1950s-1980s
James Nathanael Amanze
Singing for the Unity of Latin America 158
Liberation Theology and the Struggle Against Nationalisms
Tim Noble
PART II
NATIONS, MIGRATION, AND CHURCH (UNITY): ECUMENICAL CONTOURS
Migration, Nationalism, and Ecumenical Unity 173
Challenges and Opportunities for the Churches
Peter Phan
On Crisis, Politics, and Life-and-Work-Ecumenism 190
Response to Peter Phan
Friederike Nüssel
Towards a Life-Centered Ecumenism 194
Response from India
Kaholi Zhimomi
Nationalism and Politics of »Othering« 200
Threat to Ecumenism and Inter-Religiosity in Contemporary India
Joseph Daniel
Churches and Migrations 214
What Does Catholicity Mean in Europe?
Luc Forestier
Voices from the Early Ecumenical Movement 228
Historical Contributions to Contemporary Discussions on Nationalism and International Community
Sara Gehlin
The Centenary of the 1920 Lambeth Conference's Appeal to All Christian People 237
The Unity of the Church and the Strife of Nations
Jeremy Worthen
»Transcending all Barriers« 248
Reflections on Church and Migration in the Light of The Church: Towards a Common Vision
Stanley Jayakumar Yesudass
Moral Considerations about Nationalism, Migration and Church 258
Rumanian Orthodox Reflections
Mihai Iordache
The Bonhoeffer Family 273
Insights from the Autobiographic Records of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Youngest Sister Susanne
Jutta Koslowski
An Ecumenical Key for Social Peace 284
Universal Fraternity in the Writings of Chiara Lubich
Vera La Mela
Hospitality 298
Jacques Derrida Reading Louis Massignon
Ivana Noble
The History of Ecumenical Prayer 310
A Journey of Crossing Borders?
Hanne Lamparter
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Welcoming Wayfarers, Wanderers, Waifs and Strays (or Waving Them Bye-Bye) 325
Some Biblical Paradigms
Hector Scerri
Hermeneutical Questions 337
Response to Hector Scerri
Peter-Ben Smit
Perspectives on Migration, Nationalism and Exclusive or Inclusive Ecclesiological Images 342
Final Reflections
Simon Haug
Index of Authors 346
