Ecumenism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072ZZ1BQ4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 273 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This historical survey is followed by critical examinations of three significant challenges for contemporary ecumenical theology and practice. They review the chronology of the modern ecumenical movement and highlight the major events, figures, accomplishments, and impasses. 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. Along the way, the authors provide commentary upon the difficulties and prospects that the ecumenical movement might anticipate as it enters this new millennium.. Ecumenism: A Guide for the Perplexed is a comprehensive introduction to the methods, achievements, and future prospects of the modern ecumenical movement
Nelson and Raith's eloquent and incisive book has completely converted me. One finds here not only a short masterwork of historical theology, but also a properly theological approach to measuring the history and purposes of the past century of Christian ecumenism, attentive to important areas of difference and agreement alike. * Chris Cataldo, New Covenant Church, Naperville, USA * As a Catholic theologian, I know that I cannot do justice to any doctrinal topic without carefully reading and learning from what Orthodox and Protestant Christians teach about it - but before reading this book I doubted that anyone needed a book on the ecumenical movement itself. In briskly written chapters, entirely suitable for students, they summarize the debates over "basic theological difference", over the ongoing reception of agreements, and over the ultimate goal of ecumenical dialogue. Recognizing the disjunction between Jesu
David Nelson is Acquisition Editor for Baker Academic and Brazos Press, USA. Charles Raith II is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the Paradosis Center for Theology and Scripture at John Brown University, USA. . R