Willem A. Visser t Hooft: The Future of Peace
This is an edited translation of an address given on 20 July 2017, the 73rd anniversary of the bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, at the Adam von Trott Foundation in Imshausen, Germany. It recalls the contacts of Willem A. Visser 't Hooft, the first general secretary of the World Council of Church...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2018, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-104 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
World Council of Churches
B Dietrich Bonhoeffer B Ecumenical Movement B Adam von Trott B Willem A. Visser 't Hooft |
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| Summary: | This is an edited translation of an address given on 20 July 2017, the 73rd anniversary of the bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, at the Adam von Trott Foundation in Imshausen, Germany. It recalls the contacts of Willem A. Visser 't Hooft, the first general secretary of the World Council of Churches, with the German resistance during the Second World War, discusses the relevance of their vision of the post-war future to contemporary politics, and highlights the significance of Visser 't Hooft for the ecumenical movement. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12342 |