J. H. Oldham and George Bell
Ecumenical Pioneers
Published on 29. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
235 pages
978-1-5064-7000-9 (ISBN)
Description
An introduction to two British shapers of ecumenical thought in the twentieth century, J. H. Oldham and Bishop George Bell. Oldham pioneered new thinking on social, racial, and international issues, while Bell used his stature to give voice in support of the oppressed in Nazi Germany. Both aided in the formation of the World Council of Churches.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
328 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5064-7000-9 (9781506470009)
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Keith Clements is a theologian, historian, and ecumenist. In addition to teaching at Bristol Baptist College and Bristol University in the UK, and at Whitley College in Melbourne, Australia, he has worked extensively at the international level in the ecumenical movement, concluding as General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches. He has written prolifically on modern ecumenical history, including the definitive biography of J. H. Oldham, and studies on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his contemporaries, including George Bell. He is a minister of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.