An edition of Friends and the ecumenical movement
(1970)
Friends and the ecumenical movement
by Ferner Nuhn
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
The role of Friends
Notes
II. What are the Councils of Churches?
Historical background: "Oikumene"
How is Christianity "World-embracing"?
Structure of the Councils of Churches
Strands of the modern movement
Religious freedom and the ecumenical movement
Emergence of the World Council of Churches
Who are the members of the councils?
What do the councils do?
Notes
III. The encounter of Friends with the ecumenical movement
The world family of Friends
Friends' part in the development of the Councils of Churches
Quakers at Lausanne: "God is not limited by His own sacraments"
Further Quaker contributions
The problem of membership
Friends' responses to the Councils of Churches
Friends at Amsterdam
Friends and the World Confessional Families
Quaker membership in the World Council of Churches
A "Martin Luther King Institute for Non-violent Social Change"
London yearly meeting and the British Council of Churches
American Friends and the National Council of Churches
Friends and other National Councils of Churches
Participation in U. S. state and local councils
Friends and ecumenism among evangelicals
Quaker service bodies and the ecumenical movement
Ecumenical Quakers
Relations with Roman Catholics
Friends and the peace churches
Ecumenical relations between East and West: The all Christian Peace Assembly
Notes
IV. A Quaker approach to ecumenism: The interreligious dimension
Friends' experience with ecumenism
GIving and receiving
The ecumenical principle in Quakerism
Christianity in an era of convergence
The interreligious dimension of ecumenism
World Christian study centers
A Quaker way
The world meeting
Notes
Appendix: Friends and ecumenical relations
Summary of 1970 Friends World Committee for Consultation Survey.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-58).
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