Ecumenism: a Guide for the Perplexed

Ecumenism: A Guide for the Perplexed is a comprehensive introduction to the methods, achievements, and future prospects of the modern ecumenical movement. 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. They review the chronology of the modern ecumenical movement and highlight the major events, figures, accomplishments, and impasses. This historical survey is followed by critical examinations of three significant challenges for contemporary ecumenical theology and practice. Along the way, the authors provide commentary upon the difficulties and prospects that the ecumenical movement might anticipate as it enters this new millennium.

R. David Nelson is director of Baylor University Press, USA

Charles Raith II, Ph.D., (Ave Maria University, USA) is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Director of the Paradosis Center for Theology and Scripture at John Brown University, USA. Along with numerous journal articles, he is author of Aquinas and Calvin on Romans: God's Justification and Our Participation (2014) and After Merit: John Calvin's Theology of Works and Reward (2016).