Introduction to Ecumenism - Softcover

Gros, Jeffrey; McManus, Eamon; Riggs, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809137941 ISBN 13: 9780809137947

Publisher: Paulist Press, 1998

Synopsis

Here is a comprehensive introduction to the spirituality and theology of the ecumenical movement as a whole, with an emphasis on the place of the Catholic Church, particularly the Catholic Church in the United States, within it. It surveys the issues that the churches have considered serious enough to separate over, and the development in recent times of methods for healing those divisions.

Included is a review of key Catholic and World Council of Churches documents on ecumenism, as well as specific relationships among churches: Orthodox; Anglican; Lutheran; Methodist; Presbyterian and Reformed Disciples of Christ; Evangelical; Southern Baptist; and Pentecostal partners. A concluding chapter draws together some of the priorities for the proximate future of the ecumenical movement.

This one-volume introductory text acquaints seminary and university students, as well as religious professionals, with the history, development and organization of ecumenical relationships between the several Christian churches, in a concise and comprehensible manner.

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Review:

A valuable resource for any Christian....This is an important contribution to the ecumenical literature of our day. -- Catholic Library World

It is an important handbook for students and teachers who seek to study one of the dimensions we call 'ecumenism'. -- The Ecumenical Review

This is an important introduction to ecumenism...a book that deserves to be widely used. --Theology

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0809137941
• ISBN 13: 9780809137947
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264