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Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 : Living for the Unity of the Church /

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God's diplomat, the pope of the ecumenical movement, but also an acerbic theologian and a difficult person: this is how journalists characterised Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft (1900-1985). He was one of the best-known Dutch theologians outside the Netherlands and he left his mark on the wor...

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Main Author: Zeilstra, Jurjen (Author)
Other Authors: Jansen, Henry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, > 1900-1985.
Theologians.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Theologiens > Pays-Bas > Biographies.
Theologians > Netherlands > Biography.
Netherlands.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Foreword and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The World Opens Up, 1900-1924
  • 2. The School of International Encounter
  • 3. Church Unity in Wartime, 1939-1945
  • 4. From 'Spiritual Contact' to Political Involvement
  • 5. Towards a World Council of Churches
  • 6. General Secretary of the World Council of Churches 1948-1966
  • 7. The Cold War, the Unity of the Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, 1948-1966
  • 8. Roman Catholic Contacts
  • 9. Obsolete Institutionalism?
  • 10. In the Mirror of Rembrandt and the Perspectives of Others
  • Taking Stock
  • Sources and Literature Consulted
  • Index

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