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The latest issue of the World Council of Churches’ journal International Review of Mission deals with the relationship between church and mission by focusing on the missional movements that have emerged in many places during the past two decades, and that have been described by terms such as “fresh expressions of church,” “emerging churches,” or, in short, “Fresh X.”

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on the Pan-African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), a project of the WCC’s programme on Ecumenical Theological Education (ETE).

Formally established as a network in 2015, PAWEEN aims to celebrate, commemorate, and build upon the legacy of Pan‐African women in the ecumenical movement.

Twenty years after the signing of the landmark “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification” by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Roman Catholic Church in 1999, the latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on the achievements and challenges of contemporary ecumenical dialogue.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat am 5. Juli ein historisches Dialogtreffen zwischen Anhängerinnen und Anhängern der Sikhreligion und des Christentums ausgerichtet. Das Treffen stand unter dem Thema „Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World“ (Streben nach Frieden in einer pluralistischen Welt) und fand anlässlich des 550. Geburtstags von Guru Nanak, dem ersten Guru der Sikh, statt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a Sikh-Christian dialogue on 5 July with the theme “Pursuing Peace in a Pluralistic World” to commemorate the 550th birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first guru of the Sikhs.

How much is the mission of the church related to people with disabilities? These days we talk a lot about inclusive societies and churches. But, have we arrived there? Are our societies and churches taking seriously the problems and challenges that people with disabilities face on a daily basis? People with disabilities find themselves quite often at the margins of the societies and even of the churches.

Auf der in Genf am 21. Mai veranstalteten Konferenz „Gemeinsam den Frieden fördern“ haben religiöse Führungspersönlichkeiten mit zwei historischen Erklärungen in den Mittelpunkt gestellt, die sich mit der Friedensarbeit befassen Die erste, „Die Brüderlichkeit aller Menschen für ein friedliches Zusammenleben in der Welt“, war im Februar gemeinsam von Seiner Heiligkeit Papst Franziskus und dem Großimam der al-Azhar-Moschee, Ahmad Mohammad al-Tayyeb, unterzeichnet worden. Die zweite, „Friedenserziehung in einer multireligiösen Welt: eine christliche Perspektive“, gemeinsam verfasst vom Päpstlichen Rat für den interreligiösen Dialog und dem Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), wurde offiziell auf der Konferenz präsentiert.

At a conference with the theme “Promoting Peace Together” held in Geneva on 21 May, religious leaders focused on two historic documents related to peace-making. The first, “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together,” was jointly signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi in February. The second, “Education for Peace in a Multi-Religious World: A Christian Perspective,” jointly prepared by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Council of Churches (WCC), was officially launched at the conference.

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches, opens with an article by WCC general secretary the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, “Freedom, Love and Justice,” reflecting on the theme for the WCC's 11th Assembly in 2021, “Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

The latest issue of Current Dialogue tackles diverse themes ranging from Jain approaches to religious plurality to the elimination of nuclear weapons. Marrying theory to practice, it seeks to throw light on the foundations for interreligious engagement of particular religious traditions while also highlighting the various challenges that communities of faith face in contemporary contexts across the world.

Journals have played a significant role in the history of the ecumenical movement, according to an event held during the European Academy of Religion in Bologna, Italy.

Über 1100 Religions-Wissenschaftler/innen, Theolog/innen, Ökumene-Vertreter/innen und andere Wissenschaftler/innen sind in Bologna zur diesjährigen Europäischen Religionsakademie zusammengekommen, einer fünftägigen Veranstaltung mit über 320 verschiedenen Programmpunkten.

More than 1100 religious studies specialists, theologians, ecumenists and other scholars are meeting in the Italian city of Bologna for the 2019 European Academy of Religion, a five-day event with more than 320 different sessions.

Papst Franziskus bezeichnete seine Pilgerreise in die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate diese Woche in seinen eigenen Worten als „eine neue Seite im Geschichtsbuch des Dialogs zwischen Christentum und Islam“ zur Förderung des Weltfriedens im Zeichen der menschlichen Brüderlichkeit.

In his own words, Pope Francis said his pilgrimage this week to the United Arab Emirates wrote a "new page in the history of the dialogue between Christianity and Islam" and in promoting world peace based on brotherhood.

Theology can provide solutions for the sustainability issues that challenge the common home of humanity, according to the contributors to the latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will partner in organising the 13th annual conference of the European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies to commemorate the birth centenary of Lynn A De Silva, a pioneering figure in Christian-Buddhist dialogue.

The latest issue of the International Review of Mission, the biannual journal of the WCC contains a selection of articles which were on the one hand given as key lectures at the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism in Arusha from 8-13 March 2018 and on the other hand articles from Missiologists from all over the world, including Catholic, Pentecostal, Protestant and Orthodox voices, asking about “Mission quo vadis after Arusha?”.

A large-scale gathering of religious scholars, publishers, and librarians in the United States has yielded promising new ideas for the publications programme of the World Council of Churches (WCC) over the next few years.

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches, contains a selection of articles received in response to a call for contributions by younger theologians and researchers to mark the WCC’s 70th anniversary.