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This book explores the nature of grassroots unity in the British charismatic renewal in the 1970s and its significance to ecumenism. The study is based on the five international conferences of the Fountain Trust and focuses on two grassroots activities: worship in general and the celebration of the Eucharist in particular. Worship in this setting nurtured unity through charisms, but the Eucharist exposed the inadequacy of this grassroots unity because of doctrinal and ecclesiological differences.
This book aims to suggest a way forward by searching for the complementarity of institution and charisms, and Christology and Pneumatology in a charismatic context. It argues that the two emphases of the charismatic renewal, charisms, and the Holy Spirit, complement the institutional commitments of the church and ecumenism. The concepts of Christus praesens and Spiriti praesens are considered intrinsic to the charisms, and thus Christology and Pneumatology should both be considered significant for ecumenism. The study finally discusses the complementarity of ecumenical institutions and the charismatic renewal, the convergence of ecumenical streams, and continuity in modern ecumenical history.
List of Illustration and Table ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgment xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1 The History of the Fountain Trust 19
2 The Five International Conferences 57
3 The Grassroots Unity of the Five International Conferences 98
4 An Analysis of the Grassroots Unity at the Five International Conferences 141
5 In Search of Complementarity in the Charismatic Context 183
6 Complementarity, Convergence and Continuity 223
Conclusion 247
Appendix: Numbers of Non-British Attendants of the International Conferences 251
Bibliography 253
Subject/Name Index 277
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This book explores the nature of grassroots unity in the British charismatic renewal in the 1970s and its significance to ecumenism. The study is based on the five international conferences of the Fountain Trust and focuses on two grassroots activities: worship in general and the celebration of the Eucharist in particular. Worship in this setting nurtured unity through charisms, but the Eucharist exposed the inadequacy of this grassroots unity because of doctrinal and ...