Date of Award
6-2014
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Alvaro Jarrin
Language
English
Keywords
ecumenism, Christianity, religion, faith
Abstract
This paper broadly discusses the concept of ecumenism based off of my personal experiences as a Christian and a series of interviews that were conducted. To understand ecumenism, I introduce ecumenism in relation to other concerns of a congregation and detail its historical and biblical groundings. I also introduce a framework by which to understand faith, and draw on this to make sense of the different ecumenical trends that I noticed within Christianity. These three trends are the governmental faith and order ecumenism, the service-oriented life and action ecumenism and the more exclusive biblical ecumenism. I conclude by speculating on how trends in larger society impact the forms of ecumenism that I have described and provide some thoughts on where ecumenism will go in the future.
Recommended Citation
Donnelly, Peter, "Ecumenical Trends: Three Forms of Ecumenism within Christianity" (2014). Honors Theses. 511.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/511