Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 : Living for the Unity of the Church /
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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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2020]
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Sommario:
- 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