Evangelii Gaudium and the Prospects for Ecumenical Mission

Kirsteen Kim

doi:10.1111/irom.12107

Evangelii Gaudium and the Prospects for Ecumenical Mission

Kirsteen Kim

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Evangelii Gaudium (EG) is addressed to the “bishops, clergy, consecrated persons and the lay faithful” of the Catholic Church. It comes out of an internal discussion of “the new evangelization” and devotes considerable space to particular concerns of the Catholic Church, such as its pastoral activity, preaching ministry, and devotion to Mary. Out of 288 sections, it devotes only three near the end to “ecumenical dialogue.” So it would not seem at first sight to offer much prospect for ecumenical mission. However, this impression is deceptive. This article compares EG with the main concerns of the World Council of Churches’ statement on mission and evangelism in changing landscapes, Together towards Life (TTL), which was published earlier the same year, and finds a remarkable extent of common ground. It also finds that both documents share an inclusive and holistic understanding of mission/evangelization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	336-344
Journal	International Review of Mission
Volume	104
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irom.12107
Publication status	Published - Nov 2015

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© (2015) World Council of Churches. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kim, K 2015, 'Evangelii Gaudium and the Prospects for Ecumenical Mission' International Review of Mission, vol 104, no. 2, pp. 336-344 which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irom.12107. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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