Missions and unity : lessons from history, 1792-2010 / Norman E. Thomas ; [foreword by Wilbert R. Shenk].
By: Thomas, Norman E.
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BookSeries: American Society of Missiology series: no. 47.Publisher: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2010Description: xxv, 321 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 1608996026; 9781608996025.Subject(s): Evangelical Alliance | Church -- Unity -- History of doctrines | Christian union | Missions | Ecumenical movement| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-303) and indexes.
pt. 1. Historical. William Carey's pleasing dream and its antecedents -- Evangelicals and unity, 1792-1845 -- Cooperation in mission, 1846-1909 -- Councils of unity, 1910-1947 -- Multiple unity streams, 1948-2010 -- pt. 2. Ten models of unity. Unity through a global church -- World conciliarism -- Christian world communions -- World associations -- Regional and national voluntarism -- Regional and national councils -- Towards church union -- ""All in each place"" : local unity -- pt. 3. Wider ecumenism. One world : the secular vision -- Christianity and other faiths.
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