New PDF release: Wounded Visions: Unity, Justice, and Peace in the World

By Jonas Jonson,Norman A. Hjelm

Jonas Jonson, who used to be without delay concerned with the ecumenical circulate for 40 years, bargains during this booklet an within point of view on an ever-changing worldwide Christianity. Reviewing advancements in ecumenism from the Sixties to the current, Jonson discusses the decolonization of challenge, interreligious kin, “God’s preferential alternative for the poor,” and team spirit in variety. He additionally maps the worldwide ecumenical panorama and offers the “Fourth Church” — comprising charismatic, Pentecostal, and evangelical hobbies of the 20th century.

How did the ecumenical stream reply to the autumn of communism, the outlet of China, and the globalization of monetary markets? Why did such a lot of substantial church buildings, stuck within the whirlwind of swap, retreat from their ecumenical commitments so that it will advertise and defend their very own pursuits? Jonson addresses those questions and extra during this accomplished evaluate of world Christianity and the ecumenical movement.

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