Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Keytexts and Voices
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- Title: Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Keytexts and Voices
- Author: by Mr. Michael Kinnamon (Editor), Mr. Brian E. Cope (Editor)
- Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
- ISBN: 978-0802842633
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Amason blurb:
Included in this exhaustive collection of documents from the twentieth-century ecumenical movement are significant passages from the most widely influential texts produced by assemblies, conferences, and studies of the World Council of Churches and similar bodies, covering the three broad areas of historic concern within modern ecumenism: faith and order, life and work, and mission and evangelism. Designed as a resource for courses in ecumenism in theological seminaries and faculties of religion, the volume can also serve as a useful reference guide. In addition to selections from the WCC and other global Christian bodies, the collection includes texts from various regions of the world. From The Critics "This anthology is useful as a resource for teaching, whether upper-level college courses, seminaries, congregations, or workshops, and an excellent reference tool for those involved in ecumenical efforts. Likely to become a standard work, this text inspires readers with a vision that holds the search for unity and the pursuit of justice, explicit witness to Christ, and renewal of creation, in appropriate tension. A valuable reference tool for all engaged in common Christian witness and service. "A "must" for all theological libraries and a necessary tool for all who study or teach the ecumenical movement or simply wish to understand where the churches are today-and why!" - Religious Studies Review "This anthology is useful as a resource for teaching, whether upper-level college courses, seminaries, congregations, or workshops, and an excellent reference tool for those involved in ecumenical efforts. Likely to become a standard work, this text inspires readers with a vision that holds the search for unity and the pursuit of justice, explicit witness to Christ, and renewal of creation, in appropriate tension. A valuable reference tool for all engaged in common Christian witness and service." - Missiology
Paulist blurb:
The indispensable resource— The nearly 150 documents in this anthology virtually embody “the ecumenical century” and are here presented in a definitive collection for both classroom and reference. Included in this exhaustive collection are the most widely influential texts produced by assemblies and consultations of the World Council of Churches and other ecumenical bodies, as well as statements by leading ecumenists – all carefully selected, edited, and introduced. They address the most important aspects of the ecumenical movement from its beginnings more than a century ago to today. 1. The Ecumenical Vision: Toward an Integration of Unity, Mission, Justice, and Renewal 2. The Unity of the Church: Toward a Common Definition 3. Agreement on Issues That Divide the Church: Toward Fuller Communion in Christ 4. Ecumenical Social Thought: Toward Solidarity in Humanity’s Struggles Combatting Racism Renouncing War and Violence Overcoming Poverty Protecting the Environment 5. Mission and Evangelism: Toward Common Witness throughout the Earth 6. Dialogue with People of Other Faiths: Toward Better Understanding of Our Neighbors 7. Learning and Prayer: Toward a Community of Formation and Spirituality 8. Councils of Churches: Toward an Understanding of Their Nature and Purpose 9. Challenges Ahead: Toward an Ecumenical Future This enlarged second edition includes some fifty new texts, many of them produced since the first edition of 1997. Classic documents from the movement’s earlier decades have been retained, but many short excerpts have been removed in favor of fewer – but fuller – texts. “At this critical juncture,” says editor Michael Kinnamon, “this book brings together ‘texts and voices’ that reveal both the profound legacy of the ecumenical movement and the spiritual, theological basis on which it can build to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
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