Emerging ecumenical church polity, 1965-2010 : lessons from efforts at church unity in Zambia

dc.contributor.authorMsiska, Godfrey
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Graham A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-14T08:23:31Z
dc.date.available2021-10-14T08:23:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis article explores an emerging ecumenical church polity in Zambia from a church historical perspective. While church polity and church unity literature has acknowledged the role of church polity and church unity in Zambia, and its use for ecclesiological purposes, the growing use of church polity and the efforts at church unity in the period 1965–2010 in Zambia, have remained unexamined. This article thus explores qualitatively how church polity and church unity were viewed in church legislation and official church documents of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ), the Anglican Church in Zambia (ACZ) and the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) in Zambia. The article observes that ecumenical church polity has indeed been developed in Zambia and lessons from efforts at church unity in Zambia can assist in developing ecumenical church polity. This is demonstrated by comparing the church legislation and by studying lessons from efforts at church unity within the ranks of the UCZ, ACZ and UPCSA, among other ways. The article therefore advances the argument that ecumenical church polity can be developed by comparing the church legislation provisions and by studying the lessons from efforts at church unity in Zambia. This article contributes to the field of church history, church polity and ecclesiology.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.co.za/index.php/SHEen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMsiska, Godfrey, & Duncan, Graham. (2020). Emerging Ecumenical Church Polity, 1965-2010: Lessons from Efforts at Church Unity in Zambia. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 46(3), 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/8214.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1017-0499 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2412-4265 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.25159/2412-4265/8214
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/82114
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherChurch History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2020. Published by the Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.en_ZA
dc.subjectChurch polityen_ZA
dc.subjectChurch unityen_ZA
dc.subjectChurch orderen_ZA
dc.subjectEcumenical church polityen_ZA
dc.subjectEcclesiologyen_ZA
dc.titleEmerging ecumenical church polity, 1965-2010 : lessons from efforts at church unity in Zambiaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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