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TitleTo Discern the Body is to Become the Body. An investigation into the communal discernment practices of the Church.
AuthorPanne, Beatrice
InstitutionFlinders University
Date2013
AbstractAt the heart of this thesis lies the exploration of communal discernment practices in the life of the Church. Rather than constructing a unified theory or develop a one-size-fits-all definition of communal discernment I am creating a picture from the elements and practices of a diversity of traditions. I am arguing that in the context of communal discernment the relationships and interactions among the participants take on the character of spiritual practices and become a trajectories of faith through which the Spirit may participate in human decision making.
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