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'Intimately Associated for Many Years': George K. A. Bell's and Willem A. Visser't Hooft's Common Life-Work in the Service of the Church Universal  "
Contributor(s): Besier, Gerhard (Author), Stokå'osa Katarzyna (Author)

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 ISBN: 1443882739     ISBN-13: 9781443882736
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
OUR PRICE: $178.45  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Ecumenism & Interfaith
- Literary Collections | Letters
- Religion | Christianity - History
Physical Information: 1191 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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The Anglican Bishop George Bell (of Chichester) and the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Willem A. Visser't Hooft (of Geneva) exchanged hundreds of letters between 1938 and 1958. The correspondence, reproduced and commented upon here, mirrors the efforts made across the ecumenical movement to unite the Christian churches and also to come to terms with an age of international crisis and conflict. In these first decades of the World Council, it was widely felt that the Church could make a noteworthy contribution to the mitigation of political tensions all over the world. That's why Bell and Visser't Hooft talked not only to bishops and the clergy, but also to the prime ministers and presidents of many countries. They raised their voices in memoranda and published their public letters in important newspapers. This was the World Council's most successful period.
 
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