TY  - BOOK
AU  - Graeme Smith
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Oxford 1937
T2  - The Universal Christian Council for Life and Work Conference
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1097603
N2  - The Oxford 1937 Life and Work Conference is a highly important event in the history of the ecumenical movement. It met at a time of international political crisis. Within two years the world would be at war. The churches in Europe and North America were confronted by the rise of totalitarian regimes, especially in Germany and Russia. Led by Joseph Oldham the conference delegates analysed this crisis theologically. They understood totalitarian regimes to be a form of political religion adopted by people whose lives lacked meaning and purpose. The advent of secularism had removed Christian belief and practice from the West and humanity turned to false and pagan religions to fill the void. Oxford 1937 was a call to the churches to reassert themselves against this secular and pagan challenge.
KW  - Oxford, Ökumenische Bewegung, Ecumenical history, Mission history, Secularism, Totalitarianism, Oldham, Joseph, Bell, George, Brunner, Emil, Weltkirchenkonferenz für Praktisches Christentum, Geschichte
LA  - English
ER  -