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In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Introduction We tend to think of the ecumenical movement – the main modern expression of the desire for Christian unity – as a purely 20th-century phenomenon, stemming, in its institutional form, from the wmc held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1910.1 The standard ecumenical narrative portrays ecumenism as then gradually gathering strength with the founding of the Faith and Order and Life and Work conferences, from the 1920s, making a breakthrough with th…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Introduction The American Social Gospel was one of the movements for Christian socialism and social Christianity that swept across England, continental Europe, and North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, even though it was an example of historic international trend, it was utterly distinct within this phenomenon for the American Social Gospel was a cultural earthquake that could be called…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Birth of the Oxford Movement John Henry Newman has been commonly acknowledged as the leader, if not the main inspiration for that religious revival within the Church of England from the early 1830s onwards known as the Oxford or Tractarian Movement. Normative beliefs are shaped by particular historical contexts and circumstances and the Oxford Movement was no exception to this rule. The Movement’s origins partly lay i…