Publications

The lectures given at the first nine Academic Consultations of the Societas Oecumenica have been published in various journals (Ökumenische Rundschau, Una Sancta, etc.). From the 10th Academic Consultation to the present day, there have been separate volumes of documentation.

Receiving the First Council of Nicaea Today: Ecumenical Learning from Synodal Discernment in the Early Church

Proceedings of the 22nd Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Heta Hurskainen and Johannes Oeldemann (Editors)
Description:
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference, including historical, hermeneutical, denominational, canonical, and ecumenical aspects associated with the first Ecumenical Council of Christianity, published on the occasion of its 1700th anniversary in 2025.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 147
ISBN:
978-3-374-07891-2
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Living Tradition: Continuity and Change as Challenges to Churches and Theologies

Proceedings of the 21st Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
John Anthony Berry and Viorel Coman (Editors)
Description:
Living tradition is the focal point of this volume, exploring "theologies of tradition", "captivities of tradition", "changing traditions", and "dynamics of tradition". The volume encompasses contributions from 31 scholars, presented during the 21st academic consultation of Societas Oecumenica.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 140
ISBN:
978-3-374-07540-9
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On Nations and the Churches: Ecumenical Responses to Nationalisms and Migration

Proceedings of the 20th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Jelle Creemers and Ulrike Link-Wieczorek (Editors)
Description:
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.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 129
ISBN:
978-3-374-06673-5
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Just Do It?!: Recognition and Reception in Ecumenical Relations

Proceedings of the 19th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Dagmar Heller and Minna Hietamäki (Editors)
Description:
Recognising each other's churches as an expression or form of the one Church of Jesus Christ is only possible if all parties involved embrace the jointly formulated insights in a process of reception.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 117
ISBN:
978-3-374-05363-6
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Catholicity under Pressure: The Ambiguous Relationship between Diversity and Unity

Proceedings of the 18th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Dagmar Heller and Péter Szentpétery (Editors)
Description:
The papers of the 18th Academic Consultation of Societas Oecumenica presented in this book give insights to the ecumenical significance of the "catholicity", which all churches confess in the Creed.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 105
ISBN:
978-3-374-04464-1
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Ecumenism Encounters the Religions

Proceedings of the 17th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Andrew Pierce and Oliver Schuegraf (Editors)
Description:
The papers published in this volume assess the foundations of inter-Christian and interreligious dialogue, compare the methods and approaches that characterize these two interdisciplinary fields, and reflect critically on the ways in which unity and plurality can be achieved.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 99
ISBN:
978-3-374-03920-3

Mission and Unity: Common Witness of Separated Churches?

Proceedings of the 16th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Peter De Mey - Andrew Pierce - Oliver Schuegraf (Editors)
Description:
Authors show that the relationship between mission and unity is still as topical as it was at the World Missionary Conference in 1910. The contributions also illustrate that the understanding of mission has changed significantly over the last 100 years.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 91
ISBN:
978-3-374-03023-1

Reimagining Religious Belonging: Ecumenical Responses to Changing Religiosity in Europe

Proceedings of the 15th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Ivana Noble - Ulrike Link-Wieczorek - Peter De Mey (Editors)
Description:
The book offers suggestions for the interpretation of old and new ways of religious binding from different perspectives, but with a common direction of questioning: Which lived forms of Christian life have emerged in ecumenical reflection?
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 90
ISBN:
978-3-374-03022-4

Ecumenism of Life as a Challenge for Academic Theology

Proceedings of the 14th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica
Author:
Bernd Jochen Hilberath - Ivana Noble - Peter de Mey (Editors)
Description:
Recovering Christian practice as a source of theological reflection in the field of ecumenical theology means above all the study of experiences of grassroots ecumenism and the analysis of the methods used to interpret these experiences.
Series:
Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau (BÖR) 82
ISBN:
978-3-874-76572-5

Charting Churches in a Changing Europe: Charta Oecumenica and the Process of Ecumenical Encounter

Author:
Tim Noble - Ivana Noble - Martien E. Brinkman - Jochen Hilberath (Editors)
Description:
The volume includes the contributions presented during the 13th academic consultation of the Societas Oceumenica in Sibiu in 2004, which was held on the theme "On the Way to Koinonia - Church Communion in Transition".
Series:
Currents of Encounter 28
ISBN:
978-90-420-2009-2