Ecumenical Attack against Racism

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Laine, Antti
Ecumenical Attack against Racism. The Anti-Racist Programme of the World Council of Churches, 1968‒1974
Luther-Agricola-Society
Schriften der Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft 68
Turku 2015, 394 pp.
The fundamental social and political changes of the 1960 also set a test for the World Council of Churches (WCC), the foremost organization of the modern ecumenical movement. This study concentrates on the WCC's answer to the worldwide call for social justice, the Programme to Combat Racism (PCR), and the Programme's reception during its initial stages. The PCR marked a turning point in the history of the WCC. It signalled a clear change from the WCC's prior tendency of issuing general statements of agreement to engaging in controversial action. Inter-church cooperation was closely connected with the social discourse of the time, and thus Cold War tensions were also evident in the discussion on the PCR.
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ISBN 978-951-9047-76-8
ISSN 1236-9675
Publisher Luther-Agricola-Seura
Series Schriften der Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft
Published (year) 2015
Cover Softcover
Type of Binding Softcover binding
Languages english
Disciplines Theology
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