Mapping the Differentiated Consensus of the Joint Declaration

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This book uses the insights of cognitive linguistics to argue for the possibility of differentiated consensus between separated churches. The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, signed by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church in 1999, represents the high water mark of the twentieth-century ecumenical movement. It declares that the sixteenth-century condemnations related to justification do not condemn the teachings of the partner church. Some critics reject the agreement, arguing that a consensus that is differentiated is not actually a consensus. In this book, Jakob Karl Rinderknecht shows that mapping the "cognitive blends" that structure meaning can reveal underlying agreement within apparent theological contradictions. He traces Lutheran and Catholic positions on sin in the baptized, especially the Lutheran simul iustus et peccator and the Catholic insistence that concupiscence in the baptized is not sin. He demonstrates that the JDDJ reconciles these positions, and therefore that a truly differentiated consensus is possible.
 This book uses the insights of cognitive linguistics to argue for the possibility of differentiated consensus between separated churches. The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, signed by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church in 1999, represents the high water mark of the twentieth-century ecumenical movement. It declares that the sixteenth-century condemnations related to justification do not condemn the teachings of the partner church. Some critics reject the agreement, arguing that a consensus that is differentiated is not actually a consensus. 

In this book, Jakob Karl Rinderknecht shows that mapping the "cognitive blends" that structure meaning can reveal underlying agreement within apparent theological contradictions. He traces Lutheran and Catholic positions on sin in the baptized, especially the Lutheran simul iustus et peccator and the Catholic insistence that concupiscence in the baptized is not sin. He demonstrates that the JDDJ reconciles these positions, and therefore that a truly differentiated consensus is possible.

Winner of the Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism, 2020 Provides a timely addition to the study of ecumenism at the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Offers a unique approach to the question of differentiated consensus that makes use of the tools of contemporary cognitive linguistics Investigates the embodied character of human knowing to demonstrate that agreements between communities require understanding the particular structures of language operative in each group

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“This inspiring book should become required reading both in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome and for the bookkeepers of Lutheran orthodoxy, but also for all theologians who deal with Christians from different confessions and traditions.” (Theodor Dieter, Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 101 (4), 2019)

“This luminous use of insights from cognitive linguistics explains the Joint Declaration's counterintuitive conclusion that genuine consensus is possible without retracting the historical teachings of either Catholics or Lutherans. Rinderknecht provides a thick theoretical warrant for the widely accepted but insufficiently explained notion of ‘differentiated consensus.’ His approach promises a more satisfactory route to doctrinal reconciliation without capitulation than George Lindbeck's influential appeal to cultural linguistic understanding.” (Robert Masson, Marquette University, USA)

“By applying cognitive linguistics to theology, Rinderknecht is able to show how Catholics and Lutherans have developed their own cognitive blend on how holiness and sinfulness can go hand in hand in Christian anthropology. This is a must-read for every student and scholar in ecumenism. A most timely and welcome publication.” (Peter De Mey, KU Leuven, Belgium)

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