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This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventhday Adventist interchurch relations -- a 20-million-member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been under-researched. 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.

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Stefan Hoschele is a Professor of Systematic Theology & Adventist Studies at the Theologische Hochschule Friedensau. He served in Algeria (1993-94) and Tanzania (1997-2003) and has taught at Friedensau since 2003.

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