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Is there a world Lutheranism? Accountability and representation in ecumenical dialogue
Author(s) -
Appold Kenneth G.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12473
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , face (sociological concept) , accountability , variety (cybernetics) , sociology , political science , religious studies , theology , law , philosophy , social science , politics , computer science , artificial intelligence
Abstract The following thoughts were occasioned by my experiences representing the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in a variety of international ecumenical dialogues over the past thirteen years. I reflect on some of the fundamental challenges faced by many Lutherans as we seek to represent, as conscientiously as possible, the global communion of which we are members. The question we face is a very simple one: Whom do we represent?