Church Laws and Ecumenism: A New Path for Christian Unity

Written by experts from within their communities, this book compares the legal regimes of Christian churches as systems of religious law.

The ecumenical movement, with its historical theological focus, has failed to date to address the role of church law in shaping relations between churches and fostering greater mutual understanding between them. In turn, theologians and jurists from the different traditions have not hitherto worked together on a fully ecumenical appreciation of the potent...