Ecumenism's friends.(The Vision of the Ecumenical Movement and How It Has Been Impoverished by Its Friends)(Book Review)

From: The Christian Century | Date: July 12, 2003| Author: Riggs, Ann K. | Copyright information

The Vision of the Ecumeniscal Movement and How It Has Been Impoverished by Its Friends. By Michael Kinnamon. Chalice, 183 pp., $29.95

IF YOU CARE about the ecumenical movement or would like to know enough to care about it, read Michael Kinnamon's book. No one is a more engaging guide into the questions of ecumenism in our day. In clear, accessible language Kinnamon presents a careful account of the movement and a thoughtful assessment of its present moment. And the book...

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