Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985

Introduction: The Importance and Limitations of a Biography, -1 Subject and Background, -2 Existing Biographies, -3 Method, 1 The World Opens Up, 1900-1924, 2 The School of International Encounter: Working with Youth and Students, 1924-1939, 3 Church Unity in Wartime, 1939-1945, 4 From 'Spiritual Contact' to Political Involvement: The Swiss Road, 1942-1944, 5 Towards a World Council of Churches: Reconciliation and Restoration, 1945-1948, 6 General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, 1948-1966, 7 The Cold War, the Unity of the Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, 1948-1966, 8 Roman Catholic Contacts: 'Nostra Res Agitur', 1948-1969, 9 Obsolete Institutionalism? The Twilight Years, 1966-1985, 10 In the Mirror of Rembrandt and the Perspectives of Others, Taking Stock: An Assessment of a Life Lived for the Unity of the Church, Sources and Literature Consulted, -1 Archives and Unpublished Primary Sources, -2 Oral Sources, -3 Digital Sources, -4 Published and Unpublished Works by W.A. Visser 't Hooft, -5 Published Sources and Secondary Literature, 6 Newspapers and Magazines, *A - Persons Quoted, *B - Other References, Index.