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

Kinnamon, Michael.

The vision of the ecumenical movement and how it has been impoverished by its friends / Michael Kinnamon. - St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, 2003. - 183 p. : 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

0827240066 (alk. paper)

2003000777


Ecumenical movement--History.

BX6.5 / .K56 2003

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