Ecumenism In Retreat

Author : Martin Camroux
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498234016

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Ecumenism in Retreat by Martin Camroux Pdf

In his enthronement sermon as archbishop of Canterbury in 1942 William Temple famously declared the ecumenical movement to be "the great new fact of our era." In this book Martin Camroux tries to face honestly how hope met reality. By the end of the century the enthusiasm had largely dissipated, the organizations that represented it were in decline, and organic unity looked further away than ever. One significant ecumenical merger took place in Britain--the creation in 1972 of the United Reformed Church, which saw its formation as a catalyst for ecumenical renewal. Its hopes, however, were largely illusory. With the failure of its ecumenical hope the church had little idea of its purpose, found great difficulty establishing an identity, and faced a catastrophic implosion in membership. This first serious study of the United Reformed Church also includes groundbreaking analysis of the unity process, the mixed fortunes of Local Ecumenical Projects and how the national ecumenical organizations withered. All of this is put in the wider context of religion in British society including secularization, individualism, and post-denominationalism. What failed was not ecumenism but a particular model of it and the book ends with a commitment to a renewed ecumenical hope.

Author : Martin Camroux
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498234009

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Ecumenism in Retreat by Martin Camroux Pdf

In his enthronement sermon as archbishop of Canterbury in 1942 William Temple famously declared the ecumenical movement to be "the great new fact of our era." In this book Martin Camroux tries to face honestly how hope met reality. By the end of the century the enthusiasm had largely dissipated, the organizations that represented it were in decline, and organic unity looked further away than ever. One significant ecumenical merger took place in Britain--the creation in 1972 of the United Reformed Church, which saw its formation as a catalyst for ecumenical renewal. Its hopes, however, were largely illusory. With the failure of its ecumenical hope the church had little idea of its purpose, found great difficulty establishing an identity, and faced a catastrophic implosion in membership. This first serious study of the United Reformed Church also includes groundbreaking analysis of the unity process, the mixed fortunes of Local Ecumenical Projects and how the national ecumenical organizations withered. All of this is put in the wider context of religion in British society including secularization, individualism, and post-denominationalism. What failed was not ecumenism but a particular model of it and the book ends with a commitment to a renewed ecumenical hope.

Author : Jane Platt,Martin Wellings
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000527148

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Anglican-Methodist Ecumenism by Jane Platt,Martin Wellings Pdf

This book offers a detailed analysis of one of the key episodes of twentieth-century ecumenism, focusing on the efforts made to reconcile the Church of England and the Methodist Church of Great Britain in the years since the First World War. Drawing on newly available archives as well as on a broad range of historical, theological, and liturgical expertise, the contributions explore what was attempted, why success proved elusive, and how the quest for unity was reconfigured into the twenty-first century. The volume sets contemporary ecumenical ambitions in historical context, explains the origins, course, and aftermath of the Anglican–Methodist ‘Conversations’ of 1955–72, retrieves their enduring global legacy, and explores the fraught nature of the ecumenical quest. It will be of key interest to scholars with an interest in ecumenism, Methodist studies, and church history.

Author : David R. Peel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781666709162

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Pilgrim's Process by David R. Peel Pdf

This book traces the intellectual journey of a Christian minister and theologian. Starting with his discovery of God through a love of the natural world, David Peel’s encounter with thinkers from his Reformed tradition and extensive ecumenical involvement takes him to a revisionary theology which meets his attempt to integrate a scientific background with the Christian faith. Essays written during his career illustrate the path he has taken. The topics covered include theological method; the centrality of theology for the church’s life and work; a sacramental view of ministry; the missional church; biblical authority; nonconformity’s gifts to the contemporary church; and theological education. Peel’s theological approach is as critical of inadequate theologies inherited from the past as it is determined to construct a Christian narrative which satisfies twin requirements: first, being congruent with the Jesus tradition; and secondly, convincing the minds, reaching the hearts, and driving the commitments of contemporary people. Both ministers and church members are challenged to view their own theological journeys as God-given vocations.

Author : Philip Deemer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Church conference centers
ISBN : 0912190108

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Ecumenical Directory of Retreat and Conference Centers by Philip Deemer Pdf

Author : Alton M. Motter
Publisher : Forward Movement
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0880281758

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Ecumenism 101 by Alton M. Motter Pdf

Luthern pastor Alton M. Motter, a veteran of decades of ecumenical efforts, offers a short, readable book giving the basic facts about the ecumenical movement. a valuable resource including 71 often asked questions and their answers.

Author : Paul Murray
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191615290

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Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning by Paul Murray Pdf

This volume proposes a fresh strategy for ecumenical engagement - 'Receptive Ecumenism' - that is fitted to the challenges of the contemporary context and has already been internationally recognised as making a distinctive and important new contribution to ecumenical thought and practice. Beyond this, the volume tests and illustrates this proposal by examining what Roman Catholicism in particular might fruitfully learn from its ecumenical others. Challenging the tendency for ecumenical studies to ask, whether explicitly or implicitly, 'What do our others need to learn from us?', this volume presents a radical challenge to see ecumenism move forward into action by highlighting the opposite question 'What can we learn with integrity from our others?' This approach is not simply ecumenism as shared mission, or ecumenism as problem-solving and incremental agreement but ecumenism as a vital long-term programme of individual, communal and structural conversion driven, like the Gospel that inspires it, by the promise of conversion into greater life and flourishing. The aim is for the Christian traditions to become more, not less, than they currently are by learning from, or receiving of, each other's gifts. The 32 original essays that have been written for this unique volume explore these issues from a wide variety of denominational and disciplinary perspectives, drawing together ecclesiologists, professional ecumenists, sociologists, psychologists, and organizational experts.

Author : Eugene R. Schlesinger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978700017

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Sacrificing the Church by Eugene R. Schlesinger Pdf

In a context of scandal and decline, the Christian church cannot afford to do business as usual. It must regain its bearings and clarify its nature and purpose. Sacrificing the Church provides this clarity by returning to the church’s foundation: Jesus Christ and him crucified. It presents an ecclesiological vision in which every aspect of the church’s life flows from and expresses the one sacrifice of Christ. This sacrifice is the basis of every ecclesial experience, the form and content of the church’s life, a life which shares in the eternal Trinitarian life of God. By and as Christ’s sacrifice we are introduced into the divine life. This participation plays out in three key areas, which set the church’s agenda in the contemporary world: its worship of God (Mass), mission to the world (mission), and efforts toward the unity of all people, beginning with divided Christians (ecumenism).

Author : United States. Air Force. Office of the Chief of Chaplains,Daniel B. Jorgensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210016720383

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Air Force Chaplains by United States. Air Force. Office of the Chief of Chaplains,Daniel B. Jorgensen Pdf

Author : Jonas Jonson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467438018

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Wounded Visions by Jonas Jonson Pdf

Jonas Jonson, who was directly involved with the ecumenical movement for forty years, offers in this book an inside perspective on an ever-changing global Christianity. Reviewing developments in ecumenism from the 1960s to the present, Jonson discusses the decolonization of mission, interreligious relations, “God’s preferential option for the poor,” and unity in diversity. He also maps the global ecumenical landscape and presents the “Fourth Church” — comprising charismatic, Pentecostal, and evangelical movements of the twentieth century. How did the ecumenical movement respond to the fall of communism, the opening of China, and the globalization of financial markets? Why did so many big churches, caught in the whirlwind of change, retreat from their ecumenical commitments in order to promote and protect their own interests? Jonson addresses these questions and more in this comprehensive review of global Christianity and the ecumenical movement.

Author : Jeffrey Gros,Eamon McManus,Ann Riggs
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809137941

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Introduction to Ecumenism by Jeffrey Gros,Eamon McManus,Ann Riggs Pdf

An overview of the history, content and future of the modern ecumenical movement, with particular attention to Catholic leadership and the results of dialogues among the churches. +

Author : Paul E. Sigmund
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606086735

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Religious Freedom and Evangelization in Latin America by Paul E. Sigmund Pdf

In his introduction, Paul Sigmund states that the growing religious pluralism in Latin America is one of several reasons why the trend toward democracy that has marked the last two decades may endure. Nevertheless, Sigmund notes that this new pluralism, particularly the growth of Protestantism, has led to tensions that must be resolved. Religious Freedom and Evangelization in Latin America provides an indispensable resource for understanding the range of issues confronting the continent, offering Catholic as well as Protestant perspectives, and trenchant analyses of the situation in different countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

Author : Matthew Levering,Bruce L. McCormack,Thomas Joseph White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813232409

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Dogma and Ecumenism by Matthew Levering,Bruce L. McCormack,Thomas Joseph White Pdf

"Catholic and Protestant theologians reflect upon the five major documents of Vatican II through the lens of Karl Barth's response to the council"--

Author : Carolyn Whitney-Brown
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228000679

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Tender to the World by Carolyn Whitney-Brown Pdf

Jean Vanier’s spiritual vision and sense of humour shaped L’Arche, but the organization was also informed by its surprising history with the United Church of Canada. In Tender to the World Carolyn Whitney-Brown explores the connections between the two organizations through diverse critical insights from Julia Kristeva, Doreen Massey, and Mikhail Bakhtin, as well as Vanier's controversial articulation of the gift of weakness. Tracing the five-decade relationship between L'Arche and the United Church alongside evolving disability theories, Whitney-Brown examines both the fundamental importance of stories and the agency of people with intellectual disabilities. Inversion - a transformative overturning of expectations in social interactions - can be upsetting or exciting, challenging or inspiring, she argues. This book offers a fresh look at how L'Arche and the United Church have worked to break down walls of difference, illuminating how each tenders something unexpected to the other and to the world. At a time when many are seeking new visions for society, the long and complex relationship between Canada's largest Protestant denomination and L'Arche offers both encouragement and a deeper way to approach questions of living in diverse communities.

Author : Anthony R. Cross
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597527613

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Ecumenism and History by Anthony R. Cross Pdf

This collection of essays revolves around the two fields in which Professor John Briggs has contributed so much: history--particularly Baptist and Nonconformist--and the ecumenical movement, and many examine the interrelationship between them. With contributions from colleagues and former research students from Britain, Europe and North America, Ecumenism and History provides wide-ranging studies in important aspects of Christian history, theology and ecumenical studies.