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ECUMENISM TODAY: TOWARDS A HOLY KIND OF ENVY
An on-line presentation by Dr. Murray Watson for The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
7 – 8:30pm
Back in 1985, the Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop Krister Stendahl (1921-2008) proposed, as a guiding principle of ecumenical and interfaith relations, that we should open ourselves to “holy envy”—to the ability to appreciate, cherish, and learn from, the things that are beautiful, valuable, true and enriching in religious traditions beyond our own.
How can authentic ecumenism help us to see how God is working outside the bounds of “MY church”? How can “holy envy” help us to move, slowly but surely, toward the unity Jesus desires for those who follow him?
Murray Watson is a Catholic Biblical scholar who has studied in Rome, Jerusalem and Dublin, and has worked for many years in the fields of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue. He currently serves as the Adult Faith Animator for the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, based in Barrie.
(To learn more about the concept of “holy envy,” you may wish to listen to Barbara Brown Taylor’s conversation last year with National Public Radio: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/11/702175258/for-priest-turned-professor-holy-envy-is-key-toappreciating-world-religions)
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