Introduction; 1. The conciliar testament; 2. The conciliar tradition; 3. The conciliar theory; 4. Conciliarism in Anglican experience; 5. The Pan-Anglican Council; Conclusion; Bibliography.
A comprehensive introduction to conciliarism, decision-making and conflict-resolution in the history of the Christian church.
Paul Valliere is Professor of Religion and McGregor Professor in the Humanities at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the author of Holy War and Pentecostal Peace (1983), Change and Tradition in Russian Civilization (1995), Modern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov (2000) and editor and translator of Finding God in a Tangled World: Thoughts and Parables (with Juris Rubenis and Maris Subacs, 2007).
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