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Bureaucratic or Personal Networks? Formation of the Ecumenical Movement During the Second World War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2016

Björn Ryman
Björn Ryman*
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University of Uppsala
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An ecumenical alliance was forged as a result of Archbishop Nathan Söderblom’s efforts in the 1920s; this approach to the history of the ecumenical movement is well documented. The historical research is done mainly according to the political situation during the Nazi years or along confessional lines: it argues that ecumenical networks were built up and consolidated during the Nazi period and war years, and that these networks prevailed despite the political situation.

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Studies in Church History Subsidia , Volume 14: International Religious Networks , 2012 , pp. 272 - 282
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical History Society 1994 

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