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Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 7 (2011) 375–413 403 Gesa Elsbeth Th iessen (ed.), Ecumenical Ecclesiology: Unity, Diversity and Otherness in a Fragmented World (London and New York: T&T Clark, 2009) xii + 247 pp. £ 65.00. ISBN978-0-567-00913-5 (hbk). Th is volume contains fi fteen articles originating from papers presented at the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network unit at the Amer ican Academy of Religion in San Diego in 2007. Th e contributors come from Europe, North America and Asia and from fi ve major Christian tradi- tions. Th e essays are grouped in three clusters, the fi rst relating to contempo- rary ecumenical ecclesiology, the second to specifi c questions of communion ecclesiology and the fi nal section to ecclesiology within global contexts. Th ese are not, however, watertight. In the Editor’s opinion, Gerald Mannion’s intro- ductory essay sets the scene for any engagement with ecclesiology today. Mannion’s essay confronts what he sees as the consequences of the continu- ing triumph of an increasingly unbridled global capitalism for human com- munity in general and for the Church in particular. He cites Paul Lakeland: ‘Today, we have to confront the fl awed picture of human fulfi lment that is
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Published: Jan 1, 2011
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