[Oe List ...] Help on "ecumenical" piece

[John Cock]

Jann, I had forgotten how helpful Fox's Intro. and Chp. 1, "Deep Ecumenism
and the Universality of Experience" are (One River, Many Wells, pp. 1-25). I
had marked those pages well around 2000, when the book was published. Good,
good poetry throughout.
 
Thanks again, 
 
John
 
I wonder where this theme of "one river, many wells" comes from. It is a
great metaphor for deep ecumenism. JWM was saying the same thing on pp.
268-70, "Learnings from Maliwada," in Bending History.
 

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Dear John
 
It was my impression that after we started working in places where
Christianity was a small minority, the word ecumenical was not helpful,
because it connoted inter-denominational Christian rather than inter-faith.
I don't feel very confident in this. I thought that was  why "I.C.A." and a
more secular approach was adopted, and other forms took the place of the
daily office.
 
Matthew Fox's book One River, Many Wells might be helpful.
 
Blessings,
Jann
 
In a message dated 12/23/2009 7:17:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jpc2025 at triad.rr.com writes:

Am writing a paper on meaning of "ecumenical." 

I think the word can help us articulate our individual take on universal
reality as our gracioius home, our depth calling as a movemental community
(why did we choose the word for EI and OE?), our comprehensive mission as
the Earth community, and much more. Trying to get hold of a fuller context
of the word. 

If you have any insights, please share.

John

 
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