These three stages--fostering
ecumenical fellowship, building moral community, and bearing public witness--are, I think, the hinges on which much of the
ecumenical future swings.
Granberg-Michaelson sets the stage for his proposal by surveying the world Christian demographic, denominational, and
ecumenical terrain.
Perhaps best described as a "manual of
ecumenical formation," this work is divided into four large modules, each beginning with a general introduction; then further development of some point (approfondimento); an "
ecumenical laboratory" applying
ecumenical principles to a specific situation; a biblical section; and selections from
ecumenical authors and documents.
The government has insisted on not taking even the most basic steps for the survival of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate in ystanbul.
Dr Christoph Stuckelberger and Professor of
Ecumenical Missiology at the
Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Reverend Dr Benjamin Simon.
Community support in the form of time, personal resources and donations has been the key to the revitalization of
Ecumenical Adult Care.
As Christianity is undergoing one of the fastest demographic and cultural shifts in its 2,000-year history, Asian Christians are in the process of rediscovering the theological, ecclesiastical, and
ecumenical trajectory of the first Christian millennium, when Southern Christians were in the majority and the centre of gravity was in Western Asia.
In May 1806, William Carey (1761-1834), a Baptist missionary to India, proposed a decennial interdenominational or
ecumenical (as we would call it today) mission conference in Cape Town by 1810, or 1812 at the latest.
Critique: The compiler and editor for this second edition of "The
Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Key Texts and Voices", Michael Kinnamon is a widely respected theologian with deep and longstanding involvement in global ecumenism.
After the Spring sparked by the
ecumenical dialogues in the 1980's and 1990's, some now describe the
ecumenical scene as one of Winter.
Specifically, we agree with Clifford's claim that "we must reflect carefully on the role of theological dialogue and
ecumenical consensus statements.
This masterly and impassioned analysis of the current state of the conciliar
ecumenical movement is the product of many decades of leadership within the movement in North America and globally.
