New LWF Publication: Spirits, Ancestors and Healing: A Global Challenge to the Church
Spirits, Ancestors and Healing: A Global Challenge to the Church is the title of a new publication of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) aimed at encouraging an open atmosphere for discussion and dialogue about spirits, ancestors and healing within the LWF member churches.
Produced by the LWF Department for Theology and Studies (DTS) through its desk for Church and People of Other Faiths, this resource seeks to address such questions as: Why do increasing numbers of Christians seek support within spiritualistic groups and indigenous religions? What are the implications of this? What pastoral and theological questions does this pose?
To seek some answers to these questions, the LWF/DTS convened four regional seminars between 2004 and 2006 in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, which resulted in three previous books: Espiritualism/Espiritismo: Desafios para a Igreja na América Latina (LWF Studies 01/2004), Spiritualism: A Challenge to the Churches in Europe (LWF Studies 02/2004), and Ancestors, Spirits and Healing in Africa and Asia (LWF Studies 01/2005).
A final meeting discussed the results from the seminars, and suggested how these matters might be dealt with in churches. This new 56-page publication was developed through deliberations at a final January 2005 global consultation in Berlin, Germany, where outcomes of the regional meetings and their implications were discussed.
The booklet, edited by Rev. Dr Ingo Wulfhorst, DTS study secretary for Church and People of Other Faiths (2001-2006), can be ordered from the LWF Department for Theology and Studies, 150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland, Tel. +41/22-791 61 11, Fax +41/22-791 66 30, E-mail Liesch@lutheranworld.org. It is free of charge with postage and packaging charged for bulk orders. (289 words)
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