2026 North American Academy of Ecumenists

The Common Good in our Common Home: World Christianity, Earth Community, and the Realm of God

Princeton, New Jersey In-Person and Online

Christian communities have proclaimed God’s desire for the Reign of God in many ways, often with human unity as a constitutive element. The North American Academy of Ecumenists will convene at Princeton Theological Seminary from September 25–27, 2026, to explore the relationship of Christian unity to central theological, social, and ecological questions of our time. The conference will be held in hybrid format (in person at PTS and online via Zoom).

In the patristic period, the church was sometimes conceived as the Oecumenica, the household of faith spanning the inhabited world. In taking on that name, the contemporary ecumenical movement seeks to restore communion between divided ecclesial communities. This oecumenica has been described as having three parts: the church, humanity, and creation. All of these are grounded in the idea of the common good of the people of God. Conference papers will engage with one or more of these ideas broadly and ask how Christians live into these realities or how scholars study them today.

The conference schedule can be found at: https://www.ecumenists.org/calendar/2026-naae-annual-conference Register now at: https://www.ecumenists.org/membership-registration/annual-conference-2026.  

Registration will close September 10, 2026

Hotel rooms are available at a discounted rate at PTS in Erdman. Please call 609-497-7990 and reference block number 134924. Or book online at https://www.reseze.net/servlet/WebresResDesk?hotelid=1431 using the same block number.