Resources
Recommended through the GCT Committee and updated on 10 September 2009.
For further information please contact the Ecumenical Officer, Margaret Long.
ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED
Reflection Materials for Groups
Produced annually for use in Lent or other times. From Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) and Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS).
Ecumenical Audit
In 2005 ACTS conducted an ecumenical audit in three Scottish towns and cities to evaluate ecumenical work at local level. Full and summary reports can be downloaded from ACTS’ publications page.
Ecumenism Today: Scotland and the Wider World
Newman Association lecture delivered in February 2008 by Stephen Smyth fms, General Secretary of Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS).
Download pdf …
Charta Oecumenica: Guidelines for the Growing Cooperation among the Churches in Europe
Author: Conference of European Churches (CEC) and Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) 2001
Publisher: CEC & CCEE 2001
Read it online…
CTBI Resources
Ecumenical calendar, downloads and publications from CTBI.
BOOKS AND REPORTS
Study papers for Edinburgh 2010
available from http://www.towards2010.org.uk/papers.htm. Of particular interest arethe papers on Co-operation and the Promotion of Unity
A Christian Vision, for education in Scottish Schools
Scottish Churches Education Group, available from Action of Churches Together in Scotland Inglewood House, Alloa, Clackmannanshire FK10 2HU
Talking of the Trinity
ACTS Faith Studies Network, available from Action of Churches Together in Scotland
Scottish Churches and Contemporary Migration, Conference Report
Organised by ACTS and Scottish Churches Racial Justice Group on 8th October 2008, download from ACTS website. Also available from ACTS
Harvesting the Fields of Wisdom
A Report of the ACTS Conference “Old Age: Wasteland or Harvest Field” on October 29th 2008 , download from ACTS website, also available from ACTS
One Light - One World Unity and the Scriptures
A booklet highlighting some scripture passages encouraging our unity. Download from CTE website.
Inter-Church Relations in the New Ireland
Essays in Honour of Bishop Anthony Farquhar, Brendan Leahy, Veritas Publications, 2008
A Handbook of Spiritual Ecumenism
Cardinal Walter Kasper, New City Press, 2007
Authority in the church
An ecumenical reflection on hermeneutic boundaries and their implications for inter-church relations. Ross Keelan Downton, University Press of America, 2006
From Ecumenism to Community Relations
Inter-church Relationships in Northern Ireland 1980-99, Maria Power, Irish Academic Press Ltd, 2006
Called to the One Hope
A New Ecumenical Epoch, Samuel Kobia, World Council of Churches, 2006
Threat of Tourism, The Challenge to the Church, Ron O’Grady , World Council of Churches 2006
Nurturing Peace
Theological Reflections on Overcoming Violence, Deenabandhu Manchala, World Council of Churches, 2005
The ecumenical movement: an introductory history
Thomas E. FitzGerald Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004
Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement – 2nd edition Geoffrey Wainwright, John S. Pobee, José Miguez Bonino, Nicholas Lossky, Pauline Webb, Tom F. Stransky , World Council of Churches 2002
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry
Publisher: World Council of Churches
ISBN 2 8254 0709 7
Building Bridges: Interreligious Dialogue on the Path to Peace
Author: Francis A Arinze (Cardinal Arinze)
Publisher: New City Press
ISBN 1565482034
Breaking New Ground: The First Scottish Ecumenical Assembly 2001
Addressing Contemporary Issues
Author: Essays by various authors
Publisher: ACTS (Action of Churches Together in Scotland) 2001
ISBN 0 86153 400 X
History and Hope: Why the Catholic Church is Ecumenical and What She Is Doing About it
Author: Frederick M Bliss
Publisher: Sheed & Ward 1999
ISBN 1 58051 056 6
Clarifications on Eucharist and Ministry
Author: Anglican – Roman Catholic International Commission and Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Publisher: Catholic Truth Society
ISBN 0 7151 4857 5
Deepening Communion – International Ecumenical Documents
Ed: Rusch, Gros
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN 0 8091 3800 X
Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement
Publisher: WCC Publications 2002
ISBN 2 8254 1345 2
Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism
Author: Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Publisher: Catholic Truth Society 1993
ISBN 0 85183 890 1
(also available in a popular version, ‘The Search for Christian Unity’. Details below)
For God’s Sake Unity: An Ecumenical Voyage with the Iona Community
Ed: Maxwell Craig. Essays by various authors
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications 1998
ISBN 1 901557 08 1
Holy Communion: Why Can’t We Share
A Study Booklet for Local Churches
Author: Church of Scotland Committee on Ecumenical Affairs
I Believe – Despite Everything – Reflections of an Ecumenist
Author: J-M.R. Tillard
Publisher: Unitas
ISBN 0 8146 2492 8
Interchurch Families and Christian Unity
A paper adopted by the Second World Gathering of interchurch families from
eleven countries, Rome July 2003
Publisher: (British) Association of Interchurch Families
Phone 020 7654 7251
info@interchurchfamilies.org.uk
http://www.interchurchfamilies.org.uk/
Milton Keynes is Different: The Story of the Ecumenical Movement in Milton Keynes, 1967-2005
Author: Robin Baker
Publisher: RJL Smith & Associates 2005
ISBN 0 9548606 7 5
One Bread One Body:
A teaching document on the Eucharist in the life of the Church, and the establishment of general norms on sacramental sharing.
Author: Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of England & Wales, Ireland and Scotland
Publisher: Catholic Truth Society 1998
ISBN 1 85390 491 0
One Lord, One Faith, One Church: New Perspectives on Ecumenism
Author: Rene Girault
Publisher: St Paul’s
ISBN 0 85439 425 7
Out of the Ghetto: The Catholic Community in Modern Scotland
Ed: Raymond Boyle and Peter Lynch Essays by various authors
Publisher: John Donald Publishers 1998
ISBN 0 85976 487 7
Patterns of Partnership (Video)
Producers: Church of Scotland Committee on Ecumenical Relations
That They May All Be One: The Call to Unity Today
Author: Walter Kasper (Cardinal Kasper)
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN 0 86012 379 0
The Search for Christian Unity
A popular version of the Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism
Author: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
Publisher: Catholic Communications Service 2002
ISBN 0 905241 21 5
Turning the Tide: The Challenge Ahead
Report of the 2002 Scottish Church Census
Author: Peter Brierley
Publisher: Christian Research 2003
ISBN 1 85321 148 6
Unitatis Redintegratio
The Vatican II Decree on Ecumenism
The document can also be read online.
Ut Unum Sint: Commitment to Ecumenism
Author: John Paul II
Publisher: Incorporated Catholic Truth Society 1995
ISBN 0 85183 958 4
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