THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT IN THE WEST AND THE PROCESSES OF GLOBALIZATION, SECULARIZATION OF SOCIETY
The current state of affairs in the Protestant movement is defined in close relationship with the ecumenical movement and the process of globalization, secularization of society. The central place in the study focuses on the analysis of the relationship spheres of activity of Protestant communities with political and economic situation in the life of Western society of the turn of XIX–XX centuries, which became the period of formation of a Western ecumenism. Operating with key terms such as “Empire of global capitalism”, “religious rationalism”, “religious thought”, “liberal culture”, “the Protestant preaching”, “Ecumenical movement”, “religious ecumenism”, “practical Christianity” helps to understand the essence of the issue.
Keywords: empire of global capitalism, religious rationalism, religious liberty, liberal culture, protestant missions, ecumenical movement, confessional ecumenism, practical Christianity
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Issue: 7, 2014
Series of issue: Issue 7
Rubric: APPLIED RESEARCH: EXPERIENCES, APPROACHES AND CONTROVERSIAL SOLUTIONS
Pages: 135 — 140
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