Leaning into the Spirit: Ecumenical Perspectives on Discernment and Decision-making in the Church

1.            Introduction - Virginia Miller and David Moxon

SECTION ONE - The Spirit of Ecumenism: Theological Impulses

2.            Spirit Christology: Rethinking Christo-Centric Theology - Michael Welker

3.            God's Spirit, the Human Spirit, and the Outpouring of the Spirit - Michael Welker

4.            Theological Horizons for an Ecumenical Future: a response to Michael Welker - Stephen Pickard

5.            A Critical Reflection of the Role of 'Context' in Discernment, Decision-making, and Reception - Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel

6.            Receptive Ecumenism in Africa: Lessons Learned from the Actual Faith of Everyday Christians - Stan Chu Ilo

7.            Ecumenical Thrusts for Discernment from the Perspectives of the Indian Subcontinent - Paul Pulikkan

8.            Chiara Lubich and Decision-making: a Spiritual Methodology of Mutual Reception Based on Christ Crucified and Forsaken - Callan Slipper

SECTION THREE - Receiving through Dialogue: Past and Present

9.            The Church Local, Regional and Universal: A Delicate Balance. A Recent Ecclesiological Statement of ARCIC III - Adelbert Denaux

10.          United not Absorbed: The Malines Conversation Revisited - Keith Pecklers

11.          The Anniversary of the Reformation as a Moment for Ecclesial Learning - Gerard Kelly

12.          Receptive Ecumenism in the Context of Bilateral Dialogues - Ray Williamson

SECTION FOUR - The Spirit of Convergence: A Way Forward? 

13.          Reconciling Theology - Three Concepts for Convergence - Paul Avis

14.          A Ministry of Mary? The Question of the Ordination of Women Revisited in Light of the Theology of Complementarity - Virginia Miller

15.          Ecumenism for a Global Church: Can the Churches of the West and those of the Global South Learn From Each Other? - Thomas Rausch

16.          Discerning the Call of the Spirit to Theological-Ecclesial Renewal: Notes on Being Reasonable and Responsible in Receptive Ecumenical Learning - Paul D. Murray

17.          Does Receptive Ecumenism Have a Future? - Peter Carnley