Serbia and the Church of England

The First World War and a New Ecumenism

• Author(s): Mark D. Chapman, Bogdan Lubardić,
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Pages: 228
• ISBN_10: 3031059778
  ISBN_13: 9783031059773
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christian Theology / General , History / Europe / General , Political Science / World / European , Religion / Christianity / General , Political Science / General ,

Description:... This book presents the first comprehensive account of the changing ecumenical relationships between Britain and Serbia. While the impetus for the collection is the commemoration of the Serbian seminarians who settled in and around Oxford towards the end of the First World War, the scope is much broader, including detailed accounts of the relationships between the Church of England and Serbia and its Orthodox Church from the middle of the nineteenth century until World War II. It includes studies of leading thinkers from the period, especially the charismatic Nikolaj Velimirović. The contributors use many unpublished resources that reveal the centrality of the churches in promoting the Serbian cause through the course of the First World War and in its aftermath.