• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Facilitating Dialogue to Build koinonia: A Study Document on Churches and Moral Discernment by the Faith and Order Commission
  • Contributor: Wijlens, Myriam
  • Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021
  • Published in: Materialdienst, 72 (2021) 2, Seite 75-86
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/mdki-2021-0014
  • ISSN: 2747-6715; 0934-8522
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  • Description: Abstract Current tensions within and between churches often result from disagreements over moral issues. The WCC Commission on Faith and Order took up the task to assist the churches in finding a way to deepen mutual understanding leading to dialogue. It published the 2021 study document Churches and Moral Discernment: Facilitating Dialogue to Build koinonia. In this contribution, the author provides insights into the background of and process leading to the study document and explains its content.