Name/Title
World Christianity in the Twentieth Century by Noel A. Davies and Martin Conway, EditorsDescription
Christianity becomes a worldwide faith -- Go forth, young men, for the spiritual conquest of the world / John Mott -- The necessity of establishing a contact and league between the churches, 'unto the churches of Christ everywhere' / Ecumenical Patriarchate -- Jesus is the one word of God : we reject all false doctrines / Confessing Synod -- The great new fact of our era--the world-fellowship which has arisen almost incidentally / William Temple -- Sheet anchor of our national unity : the ideal of the secular state / M.M. Thomas -- Gandhi's method of nonviolence as a potent weapon in the struggle for our freedom / Martin Luther King Jr -- The world cannot continue to live half developed and half underdeveloped--the churches are challenged to speak with a genuinely prophetic voice / World Conference on Church and Society 1966 -- The meaning of 'unity in Christ' / 1961 and 1991 Assemblies of the World Council of Churches -- Can churches be compared? / World Mission Study Group of the WCC -- Reconciliation is not about being cosy / Desmond Tutu -- Beware apocalypse / Adrian Hastings --^^The Orthodox churches -- Holy tradition : the source of the Orthodox faith / Kallistos Ware -- How do the Orthodox see Christian unity? / Orthodox delegates to the 1997 World Faith and Order Conference -- The common declaration of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras, Jerusalem, 1965 -- What matters most : the agreed statement from the third unofficial conversation between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, 1970 -- The discriminatory character of Soviet legislation on religion / letter by G. Yakunin and L. Regelson -- A day for the protection and preservation of the environment / Patriarch Dimitrios -- Disciplines for working together in true fellowship / Report of the special commission on Orthodox participation in the WCC, 2003 -- Learning from one another / Kallistos Ware -- The unity of the church and the unity of the churches / Orthodox Theological Symposium in 1982 --^^The Roman Catholic Church -- Vatican I's reaffirmation of neo-scholasticism -- The church's understanding of papal infallibility / Vatican I -- The essential nature of the church / Vatican II -- Catholic principles of ecumenism / Vatican II -- The church in the modern world / Vatican II -- Justification by faith / Roman Catholic-Lutheran dialogue statement -- The church's moral teaching / Humanae vitae -- 'That they may now be one' (John 17:22) / Ut unum sit -- Prospects for the future / Eighth report of the WCC-Roman Catholic Joint Working Group --^^The historic Protestant churches -- On Christian liberty / Martin Luther -- Reformation spreads throughout Europe / R. Po-Chia Hsia -- Anabaptists in the low countries / Joke Spaans -- Complexities in the post-Reformation situation in Poland / Norman Davies -- The Methodist covenant service -- The Bible as 'the word of God' / C.H. Dodd -- Biblical criticism / John Barton and John Muddima -- Two poems by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, written in prison in Berlin within the last year of his life -- The unity of the church and the unification of the churches / As agreed by the 1994 Assembly of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe --^^Pentecostalism -- Towards a definition of Pentecostalism and its challenge / Allen Anderson -- The Lausanne covenant / Lausanne Congress, 1974 -- Articles of the doctrines of the apostolic faith mission, 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles (amended and agreed in 1907) -- Receive ye the Holy Ghost / William J. Seymour -- An analysis of the explosion of Protestantism in Latin America / David Martin -- Affirming our faith together / WCC-Pentecostal Joint Working Group -- New possibilities in the quest for visible unity : a contribution from the Evangelical Churches of Latin America / Norbeto Saracco -- Word and spirit, church and world / Reformed-Pentecostal Dialogue --^^The Middle East -- The Crusades : causes and consequences / Jeremy Johns -- Founding declaration of the State of Israel -- Final report of Gabriel Habib to the Middle East Council of Churches / Gabriel Habib -- A statement on proselytism / World Council of Churches -- A response to uniatism / Balamand Statement, 1993 -- The status of Jerusalem / VIIIth Assembly of the World Council of Churches --^^Africa : the twentieth century's great success story? -- Two outstanding Catholic missionaries / Adrian Hastings -- The vital importance of Scripture translations / Lamin Sanneh -- How Africans are aware of God / John S. Mbiti -- The role of ancestors / Kwame Bediako -- African independent or African initiated churches : causes and motivations / Adrian Hastings -- Responding to our double heritage in Africa / M.R.A. Kanyaro -- The freedom charter : adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 and 26 June 1955 -- The church as seen by a young layman (Steve Biko) -- Challenge to the church--The Kairos document : a theological comment on the political crisis in South Africa --^^South Asia : Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- Asian Christianity / Ninan Koshy -- Church-mission dynamics in Northeast India / Lalsangkima Pauchau -- The inauguration of the Church of South India / Lesslie Newbigin -- The Lausanne covenant in Asia / Philip Wickeri -- The challenge of religious plurality / M. Thomas Thangaraj -- Christianity and people of other faith traditions / Wesley Ariarajah -- Dalit theology : an Indian Christian attempt to give voice to the voiceless / K.V. Kuruvila --^^East Asia and the Pacific -- Discovering the truth and meaning of Jesus Christ for ourselves / Sione A. Havea -- The effects of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands / Darlene Keju-Johnson -- What it means to be an Ainu / by Chikappu Mieko -- The crucified Christ challenges human power / Kosuke Koyama -- Reading the Bible from below / Kim Yong-Bock -- Recognizing and welcoming the Maori contribution / Report of the 1945 Conference on Christian Order -- China : the greatest--John Mott's impressions of China in 1896 -- A united Christian church without denominational differences / Cheng Ching-Yi -- Statements by Chinese Communist leaders on freedom of religion in the New China -- The Christian manifesto : direction of endeavour for Chinese Christianity in the construction of New China (May 1950) -- Penitence and renewal in China / Chao Fu-San -- The truth of the Resurrection / K.H. Ting -- Good news to the poor : a case for a missionary movement / Raymond Fung --^^Latin America and the Caribbean -- The atrocities of the Spanish conquest / Bartolom{acute}e de las Casas -- Village people exploring the good news about Jesus / Ernesto Cardenal -- The Medell{acute}in document on peace / 1968 Conference of Latin American Bishops -- A Christian university for the poor / Ignacio Ellacur{acute}ia -- Pentecostalist Christianity reaches a new constituency / Juan Sep{acute}ulveda -- The Pentecostals in the cities / David Martin -- An outsider compares Basismo and Pentecostalism / David Lehmann -- Mission in the purposes and wholeness of God / Jos{acute}e Miguez Bonino -- Towards a Caribbean theology : the final section of The Verdun proclamation of 1992 --^^North America -- Economic justice for all : a pastoral letter : US Catholic Bishops -- 'Marks' of participation in Churches Uniting in Christ -- Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail -- Black theology / James Cone -- A response to the threats to civil and religious liberties in the twenty-first century / National Council of Christian Churches in the USA -- A statement of evangelical faith / Southern Baptist Convention -- The Montreal declaration on relationships between French-speaking and English-speaking Canadians / United Church of Canada --^^Europe : the odd one out? -- A decisive shift in the burden of proof? / Mary Heimann -- What has caused the decline of the churches? / Jeffrey Cox -- The effects of the First World War / Alan Wilkinson -- Modernity and its discontents / Peter L. Berger et al. -- Catholic countries in the twentieth century / David Martin -- The role of human rights in building the New Europe / John Habgood -- Five intellectual revolutions / Garret Fitzgerald -- Can the memory mutate? / Grace Davie --^^War and peace -- Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) on the Principles of a just war -- Pacifism / John Habgood -- Beyond just war and pacifism / Walter Wink -- The Stuttgart declaration, October 1945 -- A statement on war and peace / First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, 1948 -- Fostering peace and avoiding war : a statement / Vatican II -- The challenge of peace : God's promise and our response--a pastoral letter on war and peace / National Conference of Catholic Bishops, USA, May 1983 -- Peace statement against war and nuclear weapons / Korean Christian Solidarity for Peace -- A time to break silence : on the Vietnam War / Martin Luther King -- Statement on the War in the Gulf / by VIIIth Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Canberra, 1991 --^^The response of faith to contemporary science -- A typology for the interaction of science and religion / Ian G. Barbour -- Pope Pius XII on scientific exploration -- Can a Christian believe in evolution? / Denis R. Alexander -- The case for creation / Andy McIntosh -- God in nature and history / WCC Faith and Order Report -- Faith, science and the future / Report on the Massachusetts Conference --^^The perspectives of women -- The word of life / Pauline Webb -- Apostolic letter, Ordinatio sacerdotalis / Pope John Paul II, 22 May 1994 -- The scriptural argument in Ordinatio sacerdotalis / Reimund Bieringer -- Witness and ministry of Orthodox women in the twenty-first century / Christina Shaleen Reimann -- 'Come, Holy Spirit--renew the whole creation' / Chung Hyun Kyung -- Africa's struggles towards true equality for women / Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro -- From solidarity to accountability : a letter to the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches --^^Christians and our neighbours of other world faiths -- Christian attitudes and expectations of Hinduism / Commission IV of the 1910 Edinburgh World Missionary Conference -- The point of contact / Hendrick Kramer -- Declaration on the relationship of the church to non-Christian religions / Vatican II -- In good faith : four principles of interfaith dialogue / British Council of Churches' Committee, 1981 -- Hopes for a mixed society / Christopher Lamb -- Witness among people of other living faiths / Section of the 1989 World Conference on Mission and Evangelism of the WCC -- The particular is the universal / Vinoth Ramachandra -- God's diversity : a trinitarian view of religious pluralism / S. Mark Heim -- Religious plurality and Christian identity / Rowan Williams.
xvi, 283 p. ;24 cm.Book Details
Editor
Davies, Noel A., Conway, Martin,Dr.Date Published
2008Publication Subjects
Christianity--20th century.
Christianity and other religions.Call No.
BR121.3 .W67 2008ISBN
0334040442, 9780334040446Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.