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These texts are the fruit of the joint study programme on Ecclesiology and Ethics conducted by Faith and Order and the WCC's Justice, Peace and Creation team. The results of meetings in Rønde, Denmark; Jerusalem, Israel; and Johannesburg, South Africa, they explore how the churches are called to be a community of ethical reflection - and engagement - in today's world.

 

• Introduction
• I. JPIC and the church as moral community
• II. Koinonia and its implications
• III. Different analyses and responses
• Conclusion
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• List of Participants
• Notes

• Preface
• I. Introduction: The relation of ecclesiology and ethics
• II. Basic convictions
• III. The question of "Koinonia-generating involvement"
• IV. Eucharist, covenant and ethical engagement
• V. The ethical character of the ekklesia:Reflections on moral formation and discernment
• List of Participants
• Notes

• Introduction
• I. The meaning of moral formation in church and world
• II. Formation and malformation in our encounters with the public world
• III. Eucharist and baptism as contexts of formation
• IV. Toward communion in moral witnessing
• List of Participants
• Notes