2008-01-19
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Link to NYT: Praying for Christian Unity, When Diversity Has Been the Answer
Has the movement for unity among Christians gone into a coma?Peter Steinfels examines the changing way Americans approach the concept of Christian unity, and the way this issue relates to issues of denominational identity: "the looming question for many Christian churches and denominations is no longer whether doctrinal boundaries are too absolute and exclusive but whether these groups can define and maintain any clear-cut identity at all."
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Has the ecumenical movement lost steam? Or has it, perhaps, fallen victim to its own success? One way or the other, does it make any difference?