What are the most important
ecumenical developments of the last three decades?
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.
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." (4) We appeal to the work of Michel de Certeau, S.J.
After an introductory chapter the book falls into two main sections, the first reviewing the commitment of the
ecumenical movement to such issues as peace, justice, and the environment, while the second deals with major challenges such as relationships with Catholic and Orthodox churches and the "add on" approach to ecumenism within some denominations.
While the religious leader of the Catholics was welcomed like that, the religious leader of the other sect of Christianity,
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, is being regarded somehow as a figure whose counterpart in Turkey is the district governor of Ey[R][degrees]p, to which the patriarchate is considered to be attached.
This article examines the target group of
ecumenical mission, compared to that of traditional mission.
VATICAN CITY--At a February 8-10 symposium, Cardinal Walter Kasper proposed the creation of a new "
ecumenical catechism." The president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity said there was a need for an "ecumenism of basics that identifies, reinforces, and deepens the common foundation" of Christianity.