Bibliography
Ecumenical Formation
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Matlins, Stuart M., and Arthur J. Magida, eds.
How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook.
6th ed. Woodstock, VT: SkyLight Paths, 2015.
Armstrong, John H.
Your Church Is Too Small: Why Unity in Christ's Mission is Vital to the Future of the Church
(Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2010).
Finch, Karen Petersen.
Grassroots Ecumenism: The Way of Local Christian Reunion
(Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2022).
Groupe des Dombes.
For the Conversion of the Churches. Translated by James Grieg.
Geneva: WCC Publications, 1993.
Harmon, Steven R.
Baptists, Catholics, and the Whole Church: Partners in the Pilgrimage to Unity
(Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2021).
Kasper, Walter Cardinal.
That They May All Be One: The Call to Unity Today
(London/New York: Burns & Oates, 2004).
Kinnamon, Michael.
Can a Renewal Movement Be Renewed? Questions for the Future of Ecumenism.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2014.
Ryan, Thomas.
Christian Unity: How You Can Make a Difference.
Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015.
Kinnamon, Michael and Brian E.Cope, edts.
The Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Key Texts and Voices.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1997.
Ecumenical News
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The World Council of Churches: https://www.oikoumene.org/news
Media Contact: https://oikoumene.org/press
Religious News Service: https://religionnews.com
United Nations News: https://news.un.org/en/news
Roman Catholic News Agency: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com
Orthodox Times: https://orthodoxtimes.com
United Methodist News Service: https://umnews.org
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The World Council of Churches weekly newsletter: news@wcc-coe.org to subscribe [Released weekly on Thursdays, global ecumenical updates as well as upcoming events.]
Ecumenical Trends: ecutrends@geii.org to subscribe
[Released monthly online and in print, an academic look at the current Ecumenical Movement produced by the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.]
The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA Newsletter: https://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/ncc-newsletter/ to subscribe
[Released online weekly, includes events of the NCC in the USA.]
The Consortium for Christian Unity:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConsortiumofChristianUnityMovements/permalink/1492584311069331
[A Facebook group of Evangelicals and Mainline Protestants who share a passion for the reunification of the Church. Subscribe through Facebook, Vivian Ruth Sawyer, Administrator.]
The US Ecumenical Calendar:
Curated by Christian Churches Together:
www.christianchurchestogether.org
[Contributions to this calendar come from the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Churches Uniting in Christ, the National Workshop on Christian Unity and Christian Churches Together. Make inquiry to Dr. Monica Schaap Pierce.]
The United Methodist Council of Bishops’ Ecumenical Calendar:
www.unitedmethodistbishops.org
[Make inquiry to Ms. Laura Charles, lmcharles@umc-cob.org]
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ECULIFENEWS newsletter:
www.elca.org
[Make inquiry to Kristen Opalinski, kirsten.opalinski@elca.org]
Ecumenical Research
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WCC’s Programme on Ecumenical Theological Education, Core Bibliography on Ecumenism and World Christianity:
https://www.oikoumene.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/Core_bibliography_ecumenism_Version_20100808.pdf
Centro Studi per l’Ecumenismo in Italia and the Associazione Italiana Docenti di Ecumenismo:
https://www.centroecumenismo.it/index.php/oecumenica/
Ecumenism in Canada, Nicholas Jesson:
https://ecumenism.net/docu/bibliography.phpCanadian Centre for Ecumenism. Ecumenism - Oecumisme : Bibliography - Bibliographie. Montreal: Centre Canadien d'Oecumenisme, 1983.
Crow, Paul A. The Ecumenical Movement in Bibliographical Outline. New York: Department of Faith and Order, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, 1965.
Fahey, Michael A. Ecumenism: A Bibliographical Overview. Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies 23. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
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Bent, Ans J. van der, ed. Historical Dictionary of Ecumenical Christianity. Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements 3. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Bosch, Juan, ed. Diccionario de ecumenismo. Navarra, Spain: Verbo Divino, 1998.
World Council of Churches. Ecumenical Terminology, Terminologie Oecuménique, Ökumenische Terminologie, Terminología Ecuménica. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1975.Lossky, Nicolas, Míguez Bonino José, J.S. Pobee, Thomas F. Stransky, Geoffrey Wainwright, and Pauline Webb, eds. Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. 2nd ed. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 2002.
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Álvarez, Carmelo. Introducción a la unidad cristiana. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2010.
Burggraf, Jutta. Conocerse y comprenderse: Una introducción al ecumenismo. Madrid: Ediciones Rialp, 2003.
Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. Towards Sharing the One Faith: A Study Guide for Discussion Groups. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1996.
Gros, Jeffrey, Eamon McManus, and Ann Riggs. Introduction to Ecumenism. New York: Paulist Press, 1998.
Harmon, Steven R. Ecumenism Means You, Too: Ordinary Christians and the Quest for Christian Unity. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010.
Hjelm, Norman A., ed. Faith and Order: Toward a North American Conference. Study Guide. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2005.
Nelson, R. David and Charles Raith II. Ecumenism: A Guide for the Perplexed. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017.
Sampedro, Francisco. Manual de ecumenismo: Iglesias cristianas y pastoral ecuménica. Santiago: Ediciones Paulinas, 1988.
Vercruysse, Jos E. Introducción a la teología ecuménica. Translated by Jesús Bengoechea. Navarra: Editorial Verbo Divino, 1993.
Wainwright, Geoffrey and Paul McPartlan, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Ecumenical Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
World Council of Churches. A History of the Ecumenical Movement. 3 vols. Edited by Ruth Rouse, Stephen Neill, Harold Edward Fey, John H. Y. Briggs, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, and Georgios Tsetses. Geneva: WCC Publications, 2004.
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Growth in Agreement, Faith and Order Paper 108, texts up to 1982
https://archive.org/details/wccfops2.115/mode/2upGrowth in Agreement II, Faith and Order Paper 187, texts through 1982-1998
https://archive.org/details/wccfops2.194/mode/2upGrowth in Agreement III, Faith and Order Paper 204, texts through 1998-2005
https://archive.org/details/wccfops2.211Growth in Agreement IV, Faith and Order Paper 219, texts through 2004-2014
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Statements: https://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/common-witness-ncc/
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Margaret O’Gara Ecumenical Dialogue Collection:
https://ecumenical-dialogue.ca/Commission on Faith and Witness Library:
https://www.faithandwitness.ca/