An Introduction to Ecumenical Theology, Second Edition
This book is about ecumenism, from a Catholic point of view. The first part, chapters 1 and 2, describe the history of divisions within the Church, as well as of the efforts to bring about Christian unity. The second part examines Ecumenism from a systematic theological perspective. This first part takes into account the different factors that ......
An introduction to two British shapers of ecumenical thought in the twentieth century, J. H. Oldham and Bishop George Bell. Oldham pioneered new thinking on social, racial, and international issues, while Bell used his stature to give voice in support of the oppressed in Nazi Germany. Both aided in the formation of the World Council of Churches.
In this volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, leading Christian and Muslim scholars respond to the global crisis of inequality by demanding and modeling interreligious dialogue and exploring how the two faiths can work together to address inequality.
Vladimir S. Soloviev (1853-1900), moral philosopher, social and literary critic, theologian, and poet, is considered one of Russia's greatest philosophers. But Soloviev is relatively unknown in the West, despite his close association with Fyodor Dostoevsky, who modeled one of his most famous literary characters, Alyosha Karamazov, on Soloviev. In ......
Vatican II and Karl Barth's 'Ad Limina Apostolorum'
The conversation of this book is structured around five major documents from the Second Vatican Council, each of which Barth commented upon in his short but penetrating response to the Council, published as Ad Limina Apostolorum. In the two opening essays, Thomas Joseph White reflects upon the contribution that this book seeks to make to ......
W. A. Visser 't Hooft and the Shaping of Ecumenical Theology
W. A. Visser 't Hooft, a minister in the Netherlands Reform Church, was a pivotal figure in the rise of the ecumenical movement. Under his leadership, the World Council of Churches, which represents all the world's major Christian faiths except the Roman Catholic, grew from 147 denominations in forty countries to nearly 300 in ninety countries.
Wolves, snakes, horses, cows, sheep, fish and dogs are just a few of the animals that feature in the stories of the prophets in the Holy Qur'an. God even gave one prophet the special and unique gift of being able to understand and communicate with animals, birds and insects. Other animals, such as bees, spiders, moths, donkeys and lions don't ......
Its Theologians, Ecumenical Turn, and Biblical Commitment
Investigating Vatican II is a collection of Fr. Jared Wicks' recent articles on Vatican II, and presents the Second Vatican Council as an event to which theologians contributed in major ways and from which Catholic theology can gain enormous insights. Taken as a whole, the articles take the reader into the theological dynamics of Vatican II at key ......
This volume puts Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet movement in dialogue with Christian theologians, philosophers and organizations concerning areas of shared interest.
