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For immediate release - 05/08/2004

 FAITH AND ORDER DIGEST, AUGUST 5, 2004

 English - Deutsch - Frangais - Espaqol

News and features from the Faith and Order plenary commission meeting in
Kuala Lumpur (28 July - 6 August, 2004) are available at:
http://www.wcc-coe.org/kualalumpur2004.html 

Over 50 new photos of the Faith and Order meeting in Kuala Lumpur are now
available on the  PhotoOikumene Page at
http://www.photooikoumene.org/photo.nsf/Standard?OpenFrameset 

- - - ENGLISH - - -

>>> Christians in Sandokan's land
They represent nearly all confessional families but together do not
constitute 10 percent of the population. They are thankful for the freedom
of religion they enjoy in this majority-Muslim nation but they have to buy
tickets to see The Passion of Christ in the churches. They are allowed to
worship freely but if they marry a Muslim they must adopt that religion.
They descend from immigrants but are committed to the construction of
national unity. They are Malaysian Christians.
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasesen.nsf/index/Feat-04-24.html 

>>> Younger theologians: Keep in mind the realities of life
Pleasure at seeing theological studies on issues like peace and violence as
well as gender and sexuality located next to classic studies on baptism and
ecclesiology was expressed by nine "younger theologians" in a message to
the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission
meeting in Kuala Lumpur, 28 July - 6 August, 2004.
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasesen.nsf/index/Pr-04-31.html 

>>> Documents and presentations are available at
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-docs.html 

>>> Free photos from the conference are available at
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-pix.html 

- - - DEUTSCH - - -

>>> Junge Theologen mahnen: Verliert die Lebenswirklichkeit nicht aus dem
Blick!
"Wir sind froh, hier neben klassischen Studien zur Taufe und zur
Ekklesiologie auch theologische Studien zu Themen wie Frieden und Gewalt,
Geschlechterrollen und Sexualitdt zu entdecken", sagen neun Junge
Theolog/innen in ihrer Dankesbotschaft an das Plenum der Kommission f|r
Glauben und Kirchenverfassung des Vkumenischen Rates der Kirchen (VRK). Sie
nehmen als Beobachter/innen am Treffen des Plenums der Kommission teil, das
vom 28. Juli bis zum 6. August 2004 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) stattfindet.
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasesge.nsf/index/pr-04-31.html 

>>> Dokumente und Prdsentationen auf der Website vervffentlicht
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-docs.html 

>>> Kostenlose Fotos erhdltlich auf der Website
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-pix.html 

- - - FRANGAIS - - -

>>> Jeunes thiologiens: garder les pieds sur terre
Neuf "jeunes thiologiens" ont manifesti leur plaisir de voir des itudes
thiologiques sur des thhmes comme la paix et la violence, ainsi que les
questions liies ` la ripartition des rtles entre hommes et femmes et ` la
sexualiti, figurer aux cttis des sujets classiques comme le baptjme et
l'ecclisiologie. Ils s'exprimaient ainsi dans un message qu'ils ont adressi
` la commission plinihre de Foi et constitution du Conseil oecuminique des
Eglises, riunie ` Kuala Lumpur, du 28 juillet au 6 ao{t 2004.
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasesfr.nsf/index/pr-04-31.html 

>>> Documents et prisentations parus sur le site web
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-docs.html 

>>> Photos gratuites disponibles sur le site web
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-pix.html 

- - - ESPAQOL - - -

>>> Mujeres en Fe y Constitucisn: Comprometidas a hacer atractiva la
teologma
Womanity. Este palabro del inglis, el acrsnimo que forman las voces woman,
mujer, y humanity, humanidad, refleja de manera precisa el estado de la
cuestisn de ginero no sslo en la sociedad, sino tambiin en las iglesias. El
fundamento teolsgico histsrico no tiene vuelta de hoja: esta en el mismo
acto final de la creacisn. "Podrma argumentarse que la primera reunisn
ecuminica fue el encuentro de Adan y Eva", sostiene Pauline Webb, una de
los editores del Dictionary of Ecumenical Movement, editado por el Consejo
Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en 2002. De hecho, desde el mismo comienzo de la
humanidad, el hombre varsn tuvo que aprender a convivir con otro ser humano
"igual pero no idintico" a il mismo y sin el cual no podrma sobrevivir.
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasessp.nsf/index/Feat-04-26.html 

>>> Documentos y ponencias estan disponibles en
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-docs.html 

>>> Fotos sin cargo estan disponibles en
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/kuala-pix.html 

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