Is the family passing by? The definition and future of the family according to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in an ecumenical perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2014.023Keywords
EKD, Lutherans, family, marriage, ethics, ecumenismAbstract
On the 19th of June 2013 in Berlin representatives of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD) have presented a comprehensive document Zwischen Autonomie und Angewiesenheit. Familie als verlässliche Gemeinschaft stärken. Eine Orientierungshilfe des Rates des Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (Between Autonomy and Dependence. Strengthening the Family as a Reliable Community. A Guide of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany). Some of the contents of the text have provoked a stir in Catholic and Orthodox circles. Critics of the document accuse the EKD Council of breaking with biblical model of the family, which for centuries – despite divisions among Christians – has been unanimously supported by Churches and Communities in the West and in the East. In that context, the article discusses the structure, theological and social grounds of the document and its ecumenical significance.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
CC BY ND 4.0. The Creator/Contributor is the Licensor, who grants the Licensee a non-exclusive license to use the Work on the fields indicated in the License Agreement.
- The Licensor grants the Licensee a non-exclusive license to use the Work/related rights item specified in § 1 within the following fields: a) recording of Work/related rights item; b) reproduction (multiplication) of Work/related rights item in print and digital technology (e-book, audiobook); c) placing the copies of the multiplied Work/related rights item on the market; d) entering the Work/related rights item to computer memory; e) distribution of the work in electronic version in the open access form on the basis of Creative Commons license (CC BY-ND 3.0) via the digital platform of the Nicolaus Copernicus University Press and file repository of the Nicolaus Copernicus University.
- Usage of the recorded Work by the Licensee within the above fields is not restricted by time, numbers or territory.
- The Licensor grants the license for the Work/related rights item to the Licensee free of charge and for an unspecified period of time.
FULL TEXT License Agreement
Stats
Number of views and downloads: 305
Number of citations: 0