Title: Ecumenism : a guide for the perplexed /
Authors: Nelson, R. David; Raith, Charles,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Christian union.; Ecumenical movement.; Christian union; Ecumenical movement
Abstract: Ecumenism: A Guide for the Perplexed is a comprehensive introduction to the methods, achievements, and future prospects of the modern ecumenical movement. The authors begin the volume by charting out a serviceable definition of ecumenism, a term that has long been a source of confusion for students of theology and church history. They review the chronology of the modern ecumenical movement and highlight the major events, figures, accomplishments, and impasses. This historical survey is followed by critical examinations of three significant challenges for contemporary ecumenical theology and practice. Along the way, the authors provide commentary upon the difficulties and prospects that the ecumenical movement might anticipate as it enters this new millennium.
Contents: What is ecumenism? Toward a definition of a perplexing term -- The history of the modern ecumenical movement -- From Edinburgh 1910 to the World Council of Churches: early trajectories of the modern ecumenical impulse -- The great decade: ecumenical advances during the 1960s -- Conciliar breakthroughs and the flowering of the ecumenical dialogues -- The evangelical trajectory of modern ecumenism -- Ecumenical challenges for christianity's third millennium -- The problem of basic differences -- The challenge of ecumenical reception -- Criticisms of the modern ecumenical movement.