Ecumenical movement for millennials: A generation connected but not yet united
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Ecumenical movement for millennials: A generation connected but not yet united | |
| Creator | Pantou, Yolanda | |
| Description | In this article the notion ‘ecumenism’ is defined as a connecting movement of reconciling diversity, and the focus is on young people, referred to as ‘millennials’ living in the present-day global village. It addresses the youth’s interests or disinterests in the ‘institutionalised’ ecumenical movement. The following aspects are reflected upon: how ecumenism speaks to the youth; how ecumenism does not speak to the youth; and how to make ecumenism great again for the youth. It discusses young people’s perspectives on the world with regard to religion and tradition, sources of authority, issues of segregation and discrimination, ‘nomadic’ and a mentality which causes that one cannot expect them to stay in one church from baptism until death. The article reflects on the youth’s disposition to human realities concerning aspects such as the ecological crisis, global inequality, religious fundamentalism, violence and oppression, and the lack of a sense of belonging. The article concludes with some initiatives of the World Council of Churches to which young people can make a contribution. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-11-15 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v73i1.4735 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 73, No 1 (2017); 4 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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