CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN A MULTI-RELIGIOUS WORLD. DILEMMAS AND PROPOSALS OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

Abstract

The article aims to present the main identitary problems of the contemporary ecumenical movement. It also shows some proposals to solve them issued by the World Council of Churches. Firstly, the article depicts the main ecumenical difficulties related to confessional identities. Secondly, it presents some confessionally conditioned ways of thinking and ecumenical solutions. Thirdly, the article focuses on the identitary proposals of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches in its recent document Who Do We Say That We Are? Christian Identity in a Multi-Religious World.