Kirsten van der Ham is a research master's student in Theology and Religious Studies at the Facul... more Kirsten van der Ham is a research master's student in Theology and Religious Studies at the Faculty of Religion and Theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Catharina Margaretha (Geke)van Vliet is a research master's student in Theology and Religious Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Master of Divinity student at the Mennonite Seminary in Amsterdam. Both are staff members of the Bridging Gaps programme. Many students in the field of Christian theology during their studies will engage with fellow students who belong to other denominations. Others study at a seminary of their own denomination and will not have many interdenominational encounters. Kinnamon states that if the United States is an example for the rest of the world, most seminaries do not emphasize ecumenism within their academic curricula. 1 Although many students will have interdenominational encounters during their studies, there is little emphasis on how to engage constructively in ecumenism. In his addressing of the Kirchentag in 2003, Konrad Raiser, former general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), stated, "Ecumenism-the fellowship of Christian churches as a sign of hope for the world-is not a building project whose state
Kirsten van der Ham is a research master's student in Theology and Religious Studies at the Facul... more Kirsten van der Ham is a research master's student in Theology and Religious Studies at the Faculty of Religion and Theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Catharina Margaretha (Geke)van Vliet is a research master's student in Theology and Religious Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Master of Divinity student at the Mennonite Seminary in Amsterdam. Both are staff members of the Bridging Gaps programme. Many students in the field of Christian theology during their studies will engage with fellow students who belong to other denominations. Others study at a seminary of their own denomination and will not have many interdenominational encounters. Kinnamon states that if the United States is an example for the rest of the world, most seminaries do not emphasize ecumenism within their academic curricula. 1 Although many students will have interdenominational encounters during their studies, there is little emphasis on how to engage constructively in ecumenism. In his addressing of the Kirchentag in 2003, Konrad Raiser, former general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), stated, "Ecumenism-the fellowship of Christian churches as a sign of hope for the world-is not a building project whose state
Uploads
Papers by Geke van Vliet