Christians and Churches: A History of Challenges and Diversities

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/siwo.15-2.7

Keywords:

Christianity, churches, diversities, history

Abstract

The text presents the Christianities as a broad set of diverse traditions or ecclesial movements that have been built and are still being built throughout its complex world historical evolution of more than twenty centuries. Speaking in the plural, the author argues that in the historical and social reality there are Christianities that are not only diverse, but also opposed, developed in very different cultural and ecclesial contexts. In this way, the churches must also be considered in their diversities, to recognize and respect the rich plurality manifested in polymorphous institutional structures, liturgical celebrations, and confessional expressions and magisterial.

Author Biography

Victorio Araya Guillén, Autor independiente

Victorio Araya-Guillén. Costarricense. (1945). Teólogo ecuménico. Catedrático jubilado de la Escuela Ecuménica de la Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. Licenciado en Filosofía (UCR). Doctor en Teología (Salamanca). Autor de varios libros y aportes en obras colectivas y revistas teológicas. Correo electrónico: unavag@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-9519

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Published

2022-07-01

How to Cite

Araya Guillén, V. (2022). Christians and Churches: A History of Challenges and Diversities. Siwo Revista De Teología, 15(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.15359/siwo.15-2.7

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Section

Otros textos- no arbitrados

How to Cite

Araya Guillén, V. (2022). Christians and Churches: A History of Challenges and Diversities. Siwo Revista De Teología, 15(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.15359/siwo.15-2.7