Word: protestantizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Christian unity can be achieved only if it "takes root in the local communi ties," says Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, the new president of the National Council of Churches. The roots are already sprouting. Ecumenism - until recently the private dream of theologians and the occasional public practice of rank ing...
Relaxing Tension. Trickling down to congregational level, ecumenism has notably relaxed sociological tension, created a national fad for visits to other people's churches. In Pittsburgh, estimates the Rev. Donald Prytherch of Bethel United Presbyterian Church, at least one-third of all Protestant sermons now make reference to Christian...
Christian ecumenism also spills over to include Jews: one recent Lenten speaker at the Kansas City church was Rabbi Alexander Graubart of Congregation Beth Shalom; Jewish and Protestant scholars lecture at an eight-week Catholic Bible course in Tulsa, and Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati has 25 Christian students working...
Exchanging Collections. Interfaith ministerial conferences that meet regularly have sprung up all across the country. A number of Catholic institutions have organized summer retreats for Protestant ministers. Several churches have adopted Swiss Lutheran Theologian Oscar Cullman's proposal to exchange Sunday collections. In San Francisco recently, Sacred Heart High...
The pursuit of common understanding has led to common ecclesiastical action, notably in the fields of youth work and civil rights. In Chicago, the year-old interfaith Conference on Religion and Race has trained teams of ministers to help resolve tensions in racially mixed areas; it plans to put pressure...