The coming of the third world. (how the third world influences the ecumenical movement) (The Graymoor Prize Winners: The Ecumenical Task, 1994)

From: Commonweal | Date: January 14, 1994| Author: Tesfai, Yacob | Copyright information

The ecumenical movement is traversing one of the most difficult periods of its history. True, talk of crisis is not new in the movement. At certain points in the past it has been shaken by events that seemed to render it vulnerable. One has only to think for a moment to realize that major events of "secular" history in our century have inevitably affected the ecumenical vision: the two world wars, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, continuing strife over the land held sacred by Christ...

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