An Ecumenical Experiment in Colonial Hong Kong: The Start of the Tsuen Wan Ecumenical Social Service Centre (1973 to 1997) and Its Local Praxis

Based on both documentary research and a series of interviews, this study retrieves the ecumenical spirit of the beginning of the dismissed Tsuen Wan Ecumenical Social Service Centre (TWESSC), a Christian non-governmental organization. Early ecumenical praxis among six local churches (including one...

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Main Author: Wong, Wai-Yin Christina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-14
Further subjects:B Tsuen Wan Ecumenical Social Service Centre
B colonial Hong Kong
B Ecumenical Movement
B Church and Social Service
B community development and social action
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