Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans : diplomacy, theology, and the politics of interwar ecumenism
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog7013
- Author
- Geffert, Bryn, 1967-
- Publication Date
- c2010
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5004.3 G44 2010
- Author
- Geffert, Bryn, 1967-
- Place of Publication
- Notre Dame IN
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Publication Date
- c2010
- Physical Description
- ix, 501 p. ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Bryn Geffert".
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-486) and index.
- "The years between the world wars witnessed the most concerted efforts to bridge the gap between Orthodox and Anglicans. (p. 4) .... This, then, is the story of efforts towards rapprochement by two churches and their ultimate failure to achieve formal unity or intercommunion. It is the story of idealism, altruism, political calculations, personal feuds, diplomatic posturing, and theological disputes, all of which combined both to propel and to undermine this grand ideal. .... This study thus constitutes as important chapter in the history of the ecumenical movement. The interwar period marked the high point of ecumenical hopes, hopes unrealized and followed by the near-abandonment of attempts to find theological unity and institutional unity. While many Orthodox and Anglican leaders from the inter-war period continued to work within the ecumenical movement after World War II, the new forum was the World Council of Churches ... This study attempts to explain how the modest aims and lowered expectation during this period emerged from the incredibly ambitious goals entertained between the wars. It demonstrates, in short, why the twentieth-century ecumenical movement -- especially under the aegis of the World Council of Churches -- so drastically scaled back its goals and expectations. Ultimately, however, this story tells us even more about the internal workings and struggles of the Anglican and Orthodox Churches. In essence, this is the story of two churches trying to find themselves, struggling to solve internal questions brought to light by external challenges" (p. 6-7). -- Intro.
- Contents: Acknowledgements --Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Nineteenth Century Precedents -- Outbreak of Ecumenism -- The Roman Catholic Church -- False Starts -- Anglican Orders and Orthodox Politics -- Jubilee, 1925 -- The Russian Student Christian Movement -- The Prayer Book Crisis, 1927-1928 -- Lausanne, 1927 -- The Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius -- Intercommunion and Sofiology -- Lambeth, 1930 -- Bucharest, 1935-1936 -- Edinburgh, 1937 -- Internal Divisions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion - Relations - Orthodox Eastern Church
- Orthodox Eastern Church - Relations - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Relations - Orthodox Eastern Church - History
- Orthodox Eastern Church - Relations - Anglican Communion - History
- Church of England - Relations - Orthodox Eastern Church - History
- Church of England - Relations - Russian Orthodox Church - History
- Intercommunion
- Church of England. Book of Common Prayer. 1928
- Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius - History
- Lambeth Conference, 1930
- Ecumenical movement - Anglican Communion - History - 20th century
- Ecumenical movement - Orthodox Eastern Church - History - 20th century
- Ecumenical movement - History - 20th century
- ISBN
- 978-0-268-02975-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Call Number
- BX 5004.3 G44 2010
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)