Introduction: Dangerous Ecumenism for a Divided World

Our contention was that ecumenism becomes stale when it becomes too safe—when it chooses to ponder the mechanics of institutional joinery between ecclesial bodies whose differences are nonthreatening rather than addressing the critical issues that often bitterly divide Christians today. Mainstream e...

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Main Author: Anderson, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2022
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 327-329
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KDJ Ecumenism
NBN Ecclesiology
Further subjects:B Ecumenism
B Ecclesiology
B Christianity
B Schism
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