21/05/2024 14:15 - 16:30

HALL: LA PIRA - ROOM 3

Proponent: Welle J.

Chair: Welle J.

Speaker: De Mey P., Lazic T., Palaver W., Welle J.

In conjunction with a session of Ecclesiological Investigations at the AAR 2024 we invite papers that consider how particular church communities (especially, but my no means exclusively, the historical "peace churches" of Friends, Mennonites, and Brethren) concretely enact their philosophies and theologies of nonviolence and principles of peacemaking in situations of violent conflict. Are the church's doctrines on war and peace changing in light of the realities of war in e.g. Ukraine? In particular, we hope to consider how the varieties of Christian commitments to peace come to render lived or practical ecclesiologies that equip individuals and communities for civil resistance, intercommunal solidarity, or indeed martyrdom.
A different session invites papers reflecting on aspects of the synthesis report 'A Synodal Church in Mission' (October 2023) launched at the end of the first phase of the recent synod of the Roman Catholic Church. Reflections from the perspectives of other Christian churches or in connection to the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Lumen Gentium are particularly welcome.