Abstract
This reflection is based on 10 years’ experience of parish ministry in the Church of Scotland. While offering a territorial ministry – even in overseas former missionary churches – I became deeply aware of religious pluralism in each parish. I explored this religious pluralism in relation to Jewish and Muslim communities living in the parishes that I served. In particular, in dialogue and sharing with imams and rabbis, we explored interconfessional and intercultural challenges of living together and worshiping together. I have invited rabbis and imams to ‘preach’ during public worship; likewise, I have been invited to offer reflections in synagogues and mosques during times of ‘holy prayer’. This reflection documents the interconfessional and intercultural challenges of parish ministry and religious pluralism.
Highlights
For 10 years, I served as a parish minister in Europe1
While offering a territorial ministry – even in overseas former missionary churches – I became deeply aware of religious pluralism in each parish
I explored this religious pluralism in relation to Jewish and Muslim communities living in the parishes that I served
Summary
For 10 years, I served as a parish minister in Europe. Currently, I teach Theology and Religious Studies in Latin America. In its Declaratory Articles (an Act of the Westminster Parliament), the Church of Scotland is charged to bring the ordinances of religion to the people of Scotland in all its parts This is a legacy of the Reformation settlement in Scotland. The legacy of Reformation and the charge to bring the ordinances of religion to the people of Scotland in all its parts is made manifest in the parish ministry exercised by the Church of Scotland throughout the national territory. The Reformation legacy is made manifest in the missionary churches established by Scots in overseas territories In these missionary churches, it is often questions of language and culture which hold people together rather than issues of theological affinity. Christianity, Islam and Judaism are the focus of this reflection
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