[By] Kenneth Sansbury, Robert Latham [and] Pauline Webb"
"With appendices by Vere Ducker".
Includes bibliography: p. 70-71.
"What was PND [People Next Door] ? How did this particular set of initials come about ? What was the object of the exercise ? This book is an attempt to record the evens and the movements which led up to PND; to describe what happened throughout the British Isles in the Spring of 1967 when PND flourished; to summarize the findings; to assess the significance of the enterprise; and also to indicate what the next steps should be". -- p. 5.
Contents: Preface dated October 1967 / Kenneth Sansbury, Bishop, Robert Latham, Pauline Webb -- The People Next Door -- What was PND about ? -- What Emerged ? / Pauline Webb -- What do we make of it ? / Kenneth Sansbury -- What does it mean for the Churches ? -- What does it mean for the Churches (continued) ? -- Appendix 1: Quotations from Report / Vere Ducker -- Appendix 2: Some statistics -- Some suggestions for Further Reading and Study / John G. Weller.
"Copyright 1989 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. First published 1989 jointly with WCC Publications". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes index
"The ecumenical movement has a memory, and this book has been written to contribute to it. It is not likely that the history of events and institutions which constituted the movement will be forgotten, for they are all well documented. Mine is an account of what the early ecumenical movement believed in, what it stood for, and how it understood the times in which it lived. The story is told in the first person, because I was there, believed in it, and felt called to serve it throughout my ministry. A chief purpose in writing has been to make materials accessible. Many of them are contained in fugitive pamphlets, dull documents, drier minutes of meetings, and not very exciting biographies". -- Preface, p. ix.
Contents: Dedication -- Preface -- [Part] I: Foreunners -- Ferment -- Focus -- [Part] II: The End of Christendom: Ruin and Covenant -- The End of Christendom: Covenant -- The Covenant: Stress and Growth -- Interlude: My Role -- [Part] III: Christ the Lord: Lordship, Unity, and Witness -- The Lordship of Christ over the Church and the World -- Unity: To Search and Proclaim -- Witness -- [Part] IV: A People Amid the Peoples -- Service: From the Rich to the Devastated, with Dignity -- Peace and the World of Nations -- Church, Society, and Rapid Social Change -- The Sexes: Cooperation Between Men and Women -- The Races -- Conclusion -- The Emerging Ecumenical Tradition -- Official Ecumenical Corpus -- Index.
Author is "an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), [who] worked for the World Council of Churches from 1948 to 1963, and for the next ten years he served as executive director of The Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research". -- back cover.
Article begins with brief introduction to author Bishop Stephen Neill on p. [22]. This article was originally "A public lecture given at Trinity College, Toronto, on 29 March 1962, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Bishop Brent (9 April 1862)" (p. [22]).
An assessment of the life, career and significance of Bishop Charles Brent. Brent was born in Canada and ordained by the Bishop of Toronto before leaving to serve the Episcopal Church as a parish priest in Boston and then as Bishop in the Philippines (1901-1919) and Bishop of Western New York (1919-1927). The author describes two main mission fields that Brent focused on while in the Philippines. 'In the first place, there was the increasingly large number of Americans serving in the army or concerned with the civil administration of the country" (p.. 29). One of these men was "William Henry Taft, Governor-General of the Philippines, whose action turned a missionary bishop into an international figure" (p. 2). "Brent's other field was among the mountain peoples [the Igorots], who had as yet never been touched by the Gospel" (p. 29). But, "Brent missed one opportunity. The political discontent of the Filipinos was matched by discontent with the Roman Catholic church and its failure to develop and indigenous priesthood and hierarchy. At the head of this movement of discontent stood two remarkable men, Isabelo de los Reyes, a layman, and Father Aglipay, a priest. Failing to find any satisfaction in the Roman Church, these men and their followers were led eventually to form the Philippine Independent Church, commonly called the Aglipayan Church. It is curious that, in all the material on Brent that has passed though my hands during the preparation of this lecture, I have found no reference at all to Aglipay and his movement (p. 29-30). While serving in the Philippines Brent became involved in work to stop the international drug trade. Brent's most important legacy began with his selection "as one of the twenty-one representatives of the American Episcopal Church to attend the first World Missionary Conference held at Edinburgh in the summer of 1910, and that he should be chosen to address the great assembly on the sufficiency of God" (p. 33). It was at the 1910 conference Neill believes that "Though no one knew it at the time, 'Faith and Order' had been born" (p. 35). The First World Conference on Faith and Order met at Lausanne, Switzerland, in August 1927. "Three hundred and eighty-five men and women from one hundred and eight churches had assembled" (p. 37). "The exact extent of Brent's contribution to the Conference will never be known, unless his diaries are published in full. ... He preached the opening sermon. He presided whenever his health allowed it" (p. 37). Speaking of Lausanne, Neill says: "But the really great thing that had happened was that the Conference had met. Christians from the most varied backgrounds had come together and made friends; under all the disagreements -- and there was no tendency at all to forget the disagreements or to play them down -- they had discovered the range and the power of Christian agreement. This was a Christian conference" (p. 39).
This article originally "An off-print from 'Canadian Journal of Theology', Vol, VIII (1962), No. 3, p. 153-171. [and also] Canadian Church Historical Society, Off-Print No. 26 (October 1962)".
"Edited by Dr. Percy Dearmer, Canon of Westminster".
"The issue, indeed, is simple. The motives and methods of human life are not sufficiently moralised: it was to moralise the machinery of production, to limit the power of selfishness, that Wilberforce and Shaftesbury were working a century ago; and the whole world now enjoys what Christians then won: but in many ways industry and business, and family life, and civic and political activity, need further moralisation. Money -- the necessary use of tokens of exchange -- has been overlooked in its moral aspect (in spite of what Christ said about it) .... And, alas, there was one aspect of human life which was not understood a hundred years ago; and to this our present miseries are mainly due. The very word 'international' had then only just been coined by Jeremy Bentham. The whole conception of moralising international relations was in its infancy. So the world went on to its doom. So, because the nations and their representatives have not yet learnt the elements of international behaviour, we stand at this moment of writing on the brink of irretrievable disaster. It is in a very real sense true that only Christ can save the world from ruin to-day. Are we prepared to let his spirit save the nations from themselves ?" -- Preface, p. 10-11.
Contents: Preface By the Editor / Percy Dearmer -- Introductory: "Christ or Chaos ?" -- 1. Vindication / E.A. Burroughs -- 2. The Demands of the Ordinary Man / Albert Mansbridge -- Part I: The Present Chaos -- 1. The Intellectual and Moral Confusion / W.R. Matthews -- 2. The Confusion in Literature / Richard Ellis Roberts -- 3. The Social and Economic Confusion / P.T.R. Kirk -- 4. The Confusion in International Relations / J. Howard B. Masterman -- Part II: What Christianity Is -- 1. The Secret of Christ / Charles E. Raven -- 2. Christ's Conception of the Kingdom of God / Arthur Herbert Gray -- 3. The Original Fellowship Idea of the Christian Church / Joseph Wellington Hunkin -- 4. The Christian View of Man as Social / S.J. Bezzant -- 5. Christianity and History: -- a) General Development / Malcolm Spencer -- b) Social Progress and the Continental Churches / A.E. Garvie -- c) The Stockholm Conference / G.K.A. Bell -- 6. Uniting the Christian Forces / Edward S. Woods -- 7. What the Church is Doing: Social Activities / S.E. Keeble -- Part III: The Christian Solution -- 1. Personal and Family Life / A.A. David -- 2. Education / Charles Grant Robertson -- 3. The Social and Economic Order -- a) The Basis of Exchange / Hewlett Johnson -- b) Civic and Industrial Reform / J. Morgan Rees -- c) Individual Function and the Community / E. C. Urwin -- d) Labour and Leisure / A. Maude Royden -- e) The Rebirth of the Village / W. Beach Thomas -- 4. The State and Constructive Citizenship / W.G.S. Adams -- 5. The World of International Affairs -- a) Christianity and the League of Nations / Lord Dickinson -- b) The Crisis and the East / J.B. Raju -- c) Disarmament / Cosmo Gordon Lang -- d) A Christian Peace Policy / E.N. Porter Goff -- 6. Is There an Alternative ? -- a) Scientific Humanism and Religions of Life / H.G. Wood -- b) Industrial Secularism / Maurice B. Reckitt -- c) Communist Secularism / Nicolai A. Berdiaeff -- 7. The Church in the World: Failures and Opportunities / F.R. Barry -- 8. The Conclusion of the Matter / William Temple -- Index.
Colophon: Printed in Great Britain by The Camelot Press Ltd., London and Southampton". -- verso of t.-p.
"The three decades between the fourth and fifth world conferences on Faith and Order (Montreal 1963 and Santiago de Compostela 1993) have been a period of important and creative work by the World Council of Churches' Commission on Faith and Order. .... This new documentary history includes the most important Faith and Order texts from Montreal to Santiago, surveys the development of the studies and offers detailed suggestions for further reading. Introductions by the editor set the documents in their historical context and link them together. .... [Editor] has been director of the WCC's Faith and Order secretariat since 1984". -- back cover.
Four-page Index prepared separately. Photocopy laid in with this copy.
Contents: Introduction / Gunther Gassmann -- I. Assemblies of the WCC: Statements on Unity -- II. World Conferences on Faith and Order -- III. Main Faith and Order Themes 1963-1993 -- IV. Specific Faith and Order Projects -- V. Ongoing Faith and Order Tasks.
Main sections of Section I. Assemblies of the WCC: Statements on Unity: 1. The Third Assembly in New Delhi (1961) -- 2. The Fourth and Fifth Assemblies in Uppsala (1968) and Nairobi (1975) -- 3. The Sixth and Seventh Assemblies in Vancouver (1983) and Canberra (1991).
Main sections of Section II. World Conferences on Faith and Order: 1. From Lausanne 1927 to Montreal 1963 -- 2. The World Conference in Montreal (1963) -- 3. From Montreal 1963 to Santiago de Compostela.
Main sections of Section III. Main Faith and Order Themes 1963-1993: 1. The Visible Unity of the Church -- 2. Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry -- 3. The Unity of the Church and the Renewal of Human Community -- 4. Confessing the One Faith -- 5. Looking towards Santiago de Compostela and beyond.
Main sections of Section IV. Specific Faith and Order Projects: 1. The Authority and Interpretation of Holy Scripture -- 2. Councils and Conciliarity -- 3. Teaching Authority in the Church -- 4. The Ecumenical Significance of Worship -- 5. Institution, Law and State -- 6. God in Nature and History -- 7. The Church and the Jewish People.
"The three decades between the fourth and fifth world conferences on Faith and Order (Montreal 1963 and Santiago de Compostela 1993) have been a period of important and creative work by the World Council of Churches' Commission on Faith and Order. .... This new documentary history includes the most important Faith and Order texts from Montreal to Santiago, surveys the development of the studies and offers detailed suggestions for further reading. Introductions by the editor set the documents in their historical context and link them together. .... [Editor] has been director of the WCC's Faith and Order secretariat since 1984". -- back cover.
Four-page Index prepared separately. Photocopy laid in with this copy.
Contents: Introduction / Gunther Gassmann -- I. Assemblies of the WCC: Statements on Unity -- II. World Conferences on Faith and Order -- III. Main Faith and Order Themes 1963-1993 -- IV. Specific Faith and Order Projects -- V. Ongoing Faith and Order Tasks.
Main sections of Section I. Assemblies of the WCC: Statements on Unity: 1. The Third Assembly in New Delhi (1961) -- 2. The Fourth and Fifth Assemblies in Uppsala (1968) and Nairobi (1975) -- 3. The Sixth and Seventh Assemblies in Vancouver (1983) and Canberra (1991).
Main sections of Section II. World Conferences on Faith and Order: 1. From Lausanne 1927 to Montreal 1963 -- 2. The World Conference in Montreal (1963) -- 3. From Montreal 1963 to Santiago de Compostela.
Main sections of Section III. Main Faith and Order Themes 1963-1993: 1. The Visible Unity of the Church -- 2. Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry -- 3. The Unity of the Church and the Renewal of Human Community -- 4. Confessing the One Faith -- 5. Looking towards Santiago de Compostela and beyond.
Main sections of Section IV. Specific Faith and Order Projects: 1. The Authority and Interpretation of Holy Scripture -- 2. Councils and Conciliarity -- 3. Teaching Authority in the Church -- 4. The Ecumenical Significance of Worship -- 5. Institution, Law and State -- 6. God in Nature and History -- 7. The Church and the Jewish People.
"The beginnings of the Faith and Order movement lie already in the distant past. .... It may be well, therefore, to make the most important documents generally accessible in one volume." -- Intro., p. 7.
Contents: Introduction / Lukas Vischer -- I. Reports of World Conferences --I. Reports of World Conferences -- II. Statements Received by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches -- III. Various Documents of the Faith and Order Movement -- IV. Faith and Order Publications -- Index.
Contents of Section I. Reports of World Conferences: 1. Lausanne, First World Conference on Faith and Order: August 3-21, 1927 -- 2. Edinburgh, Second World Conference on Faith and Order, August 3-18, 1937 -- 3. Amsterdam, First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, August 22-September 4, 1948 -- 4. Lund, Third World Conference on Faith and Order: August 15-28, 1952 -- 5. Evanston, Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches: September 15-31, 1954 -- 6. New Delhi, Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches: November 18-December 6, 1961.
Contents of Section II. Statements Received by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches: 1. The Church, The Churches and the World Council of Churches -- 2. The Calling of the Church to Mission and to Unity -- 3. Christian Witness, Proselytism, and Religious Liberty.
Contents of Section III. Various Documents of the Faith and Order Movement: 1. Joint Commission Appointed to Arrange for a World Conference on Faith and Order -- 2. The Constitution of The Commission on Faith and Order -- 3. Report of the Commission on Faith and Order to the Central Committee on the Subject of the Future of Faith and Order.
Contents of Section IV. Faith and Order Publications: 1. The Great Conferences -- 2. Official Numbered Publications: Series 1, 1910-1948 -- 3. Numbered Publications: Series 2, beginning 1948.
Contents: Preface dated Claremont, California / C. Howard Hopkins -- Young Man from Iowa -- "My First Love" -- Students of the World United: Europe, the Near East, Ceylon, and India -- Students of the World United: Australasia, China and Japan -- Apostle of Unity -- Ecumenical Architect -- Edinburgh 1910, and After -- "Then Came the Test" -- Mission to Russia -- From War to Peace -- Ecumenical Statesman -- Retrospect and Reward -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Contents: Preface dated Claremont, California / C. Howard Hopkins -- Young Man from Iowa -- "My First Love" -- Students of the World United: Europe, the Near East, Ceylon, and India -- Students of the World United: Australasia, China and Japan -- Apostle of Unity -- Ecumenical Architect -- Edinburgh 1910, and After -- "Then Came the Test" -- Mission to Russia -- From War to Peace -- Ecumenical Statesman -- Retrospect and Reward -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
"By Frank Theodore Woods, Bishop of Peterborough ... Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar, [and] Martin Linton Smith, Bishop of Hereford".
Cover title: Lambeth & reunion 1920.
"This book makes no claim to speak with authority. It is an attempt on the part of three bishops who represent somewhat different points of view to give an interpretation of the mind of the Lambeth Conference on Reunion, as expressed in the Appeal and the resolutions which were adopted. Our hope is that in the discussions on the subject which are now taking place within and without the Church, this joint endeavour to explain the common mind of the bishops may be of some service". -- Preface, p. v.
Contents: Preface / T.P., F.Z., M.L.H. -- Reunion of Christendom : The Bishops' Appeal -- Resolutions -- The Lambeth Conference : Past and Present -- The Movement Towards Reunion -- The Movement in the Conference -- The Realisation of the Ideal -- The Realisation of the Ideal (continued) -- The Bishop -- The Appeal in Action -- Our Present Duty -- Is It Worth While ?