Adventist Interchurch Relations

A Study in Ecumenics

By (author) Stefan Höschele

Book cover: Adventist Interchurch Relations

Extent: 511 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Kirche - Konfession - Religion

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2022)

ISBN: 9783847114635

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $94.00

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Adventist interchurch relations are a historical case study that shows how ecumenical interactions can be best explained with the help of a social scientific approach called Relational Models Theory.


This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventh-day Adventist interchurch relations – a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been underresearched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics – such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism.

  • By (author) Stefan Höschele