The vision of the ecumenical movement and how it has been impoverished by its friends /Michael Kinnamon.

Name/Title

The vision of the ecumenical movement and how it has been impoverished by its friends /Michael Kinnamon.

Description

Unity as gift: why communion is not our achievement -- Unity and renewal: why cooperation is not the goal of ecumenism -- Unity and justice: why splitting the agenda misses the point -- Unity and diversity: why uniting diversities is not the vision -- Unity and repentance: why "growth" is the wrong metaphor -- Ecumenism as protest: why professionalization undermines the movement -- Councils of churches: why they are not structures alongside the churches -- Unity in Christ: why interfaith relations are a good but different thing. 183 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Kinnamon, Michael.

Place Published

City

St. Louis, MO.

Date Published

2003

Publication Subjects

Ecumenical movement--History.

Call No.

BX6.5 .K56 2003

ISBN

0827240066 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003000777

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.