Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985: Living for the Unity of the Church

ISBN-13: 9789463726832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 598 str.

Jurjen Zeilstra; Henry Jansen

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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-1 Archives and Unpublished Primary Sources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-4 Published and Unpublished Works by W.A. Visser 't Hooft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