HUMAN DIGNITY AND CHURCH RE-UNIFICATION IN THE FAMILY OF DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES
Abstract
In this article church re-unification is developed as an instrument that can contribute to the restoration and better understanding of violated human dignity The argument is based on three central concepts used by the World Council of Churches in its debates on church unity, namely �costly unity�, �costly commitment� and �costly obedience�. It is argued that both human dignity and church unity are costly as it cannot be earned, but should be realized in relationship with God and fellow human beings.Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this Journal.
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