My article was published in the latest issue of Ecclesiology – a fully peer-reviewed theological journal published by Brill. It came out in June and was made available for full view and download.

When I checked recently, I found that the free access to my article has ended. Here are some of my points in the article: 1. The Church should aim for unity because the Church is a covenantal fellowship, not groups or peoples that are associated by contracts (self-interest). 2. Anglicans today, including those involved with the Instruments of the Communion, are mistaken and have move further towards liberal pluralism should they forfeit efforts to reason together, as this means they are indirectly promoting individuality of the churches/provinces over the unity of the Communion. 3. All these are due to a wrong understanding of mission contextualization, thinking that contextualization is only one directional. As much as missionary should indigenize and contextualize the gospel, they should also connect the new believers in the mission field with the global Church.

The Abstract:

The Promise of Anglicanism by Heaney and Sachs reframes Anglicanism from the perspective of mission, offering a positive and hopeful portrayal of an Anglican Communion presently riven by conflict. However, upon scrutiny, its notions of ‘catholicity from below’, its perception of ‘mission’, and its proposed ‘community of practice’ embody an understanding of individuality that can hinder the cultivation of the common good and subsequently, further impair the pursuit of genuine Christian fellowship within the Communion. Furthermore, these premises would contribute to the Communion’s present shift towards pluralism. The antidote then, is argued to be intentional corporate reasoning which can only come about through the tightening of current practices of conciliarity within the Communion.

Article: https://brill.com/view/journals/ecso/19/2/article-p205_006.xml