Kaftan, Theodor Kahle, Wilhelm Kahlefeld, Heinrich Kaiser, Jochen-Christoph Kalaitzidis, Pantelis Kalkandjieva, Daniela Kallis, Anastasios Kalthoff, Albert Kampmann, Jürgen Kamuf, Peggy Kant, Immanuel Kantzenbach, Friedrich W. Karakolis, Christos Karathanasis, Athanasios E. Kardaras, Christos Karlström, Nils Karmiris, Ioannis Kartashev, Anton V. Käsemann, Ernst Kasper, Walter Katkov, Mikhail N. Katz, Michael R. Kaufman, John Kaufmann, Thomas Kavelin, Konstantin D. Kazamias, Alexander Keats, John Keble, John Kechriotis, Vangelis Keller, Adolf Kenis, Leo Kennedy,…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Preliminary Remarks There are some significant factors that shape the theological geography of the confessions and churches in the 19th century, a transitional century in which the results of the previous period converge and which prelude further developments in the 20th century.1 These were internal and external factors that, in general terms, affected the theology and implementation, whether thematized or not, of a renewed theological methodology, bel…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Introduction On the evening of May 30, 1901, a public meeting was held at Westminster Town Hall in central London as part of the first Congress of the International Council of Unitarian and Other Liberal Religious Thinkers and Workers. There were several speakers, who included the Boston-based Charles William Wendté, general secretary of the International Council from 1900 to 1920 and mastermind behind the congres…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Introduction The reunion conferences that were held in Bonn in 1874–1875 on the initiative and under the chairmanship of Ignaz von Döllinger are among the founding events of the modern ecumenical movement. These conferences were unique on account of their multilateral orientation and met with a wide response, especially in the English-speaking world. Since they were not followed up and failed to elicit any ecclesi…