アングリカニズムの現代的展開 : 英国教会の都市問題との取り組みとそのダイナミックス

The phrase, "Unity in Diversity" had seemed to be a sound expression of the features of the Anglican Communion for a long time. However, within the passed twenty years or so, the limit of diversity became to be suggested by some Anglicans. One of the main reasons for that might be found in the ironic dynamics of the globalization which sprits this world into pieces and assimilates it as well. Unity in diversity has been regarded as the dynamic expression of the Church as koinonia, Communion. That relates deeply with the expression of One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church that presupposes the mission work of local churches. The catholicity of the Church cannot be visible without local churches that have proclaimed the Gospel and tried to transform their societies through it. In the Church of England, such movements as the Oxford movement, the old Evangelical movement and the Anglo-Catholic Socialist movement have carried the service to the urban poor as a form of the Church Apostolic since the 18th Century. For them, it is the matter of course that without the actions of local churches in their societies there is no unity and partnership among the churches in the Anglican Communion. The fellowship of the churches without mission involvement is just a simple charitable relationship based on giving and receiving that is a relic of mission imperialism. Although this understanding seemed to be shared among a small number of people, it turned out to be different when the Archbsihop of Canterbury's Commission on Urban Priority Areas completed a three-year survey in 1985. Many church people in deprived areas requested that the Church of England transform itself to be much more involved in its social reality. As the first step of the transformation, the Commission called on every diocese and local parish church to have a Mission Audit. Almost simultaneously, the (Anglican) Mission Issues and Strategies Advisory Group called on every Province of the Anglican Communion to realize the idea of Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence and Partnership in Mission, both derived from the Anglican Congress, met at Toronto in 1963. Nippon Sei Ko Kai is also invited to be involved in Mission Audit. This Audit calls us to be attentive to the voice of the deprived. If we are attentive to these voices in our society, we should also be sensitive to the voices of the most deprived in the world. We will then be united with sisters and brothers as partners beyond various boundaries.

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