Mapping the Differentiated Consensus of the Joint Declaration

Jakob Karl Rinderknecht is Director of the Pastoral Institute and an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word, USA. He is also a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Louisville Institute, USA. His research on ecumenical questions has appeared in Horizons and The American Benedictine Review.

• Introduction. The Problem Of Ecclesial Disunion.- Part I. The Joint Declaration: History & Critiques.- 1. Justification And Anthropology In The Jddj.- 2. The Problem Of Differentiated Consensus.- Part II. Consensus And Conceptual Mapping.- 3. What Is Ecumenical Consensus?.- 4. Consensus Despite Difference.- 5. Cognitive Linguistics And Consensus.- 6. Cognitive Linguistics And Theology.- Part III. Mapping The Differentiated Consensus In The Jddj.- 7. Mapping The Catholic Blend:  Trent & Concupiscence.- 8. The Catholic Blend Sin And The Jddj.- 9. Mapping The Lutheran Blend: Simul Iustus Et Peccator.- 10. The Lutheran Blend Sin And The Jddj.- Conclusion. Differentiated Consensus In The Jddj.

“This inspiring book should become required reading both in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome and for the bookkeepers of Lutheran orthodoxy, but also for all theologians who deal with Christians from different confessions and traditions.” (Theodor Dieter, Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 101 (4), 2019)