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ecumenicism

ecumenicism

9.9
An effort to make different Christian churches work together and understand each other
  • noun
  • /ˌɛkjuˈmɛnɪsɪzəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ecumenismo
  • He'd taken part in numerous Protestant, Jewish, and even Zen Buddhist events during his seminary days in Oregon when ecumenicism was all the rage, and he always felt an absence of solitude.

And so I think that's, I like the, the lens of Rumi as a gateway to Afghan ecumenicism and and Cosmolicism.

Examples

  • Many churches engage in ecumenicism to work together on community service projects and social justice issues.

  • But since the overwhelming majority of sophisticated clinical trials in the literature studied CBT, this ecumenicism was rhetorical.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Pallas's persona and brilliant career well represent the ecumenicism of an admittedly small and ill-funded world of European science at the time.

    Academic text (1994)

  • And so I think that's, I like the, the lens of Rumi as a gateway to Afghan ecumenicism and and Cosmolicism.

    Lex Fridman

  • The ecumenicism among various Christian denominations promotes dialogue and understanding within the faith.

  • During the conference, speakers emphasized the importance of ecumenicism in fostering unity among different Christian groups.

Synonyms

ecumenism
vsecumenicism
  • Specialized
3 8.9

Effort to make different Christian churches and sometimes other religions work together

focuses only on Christian denominations rather than all religions
ecumenicalism
vsecumenicism
  • Specialized
9.9

A belief in different Christian churches working together to become one

is the same belief but uses a different word formation ending
ecumenics
vsecumenicism
  • Specialized
9.9

Study of different Christian churches working together

is a doctrinal principle rather than an academic field
ecumenicity
vsecumenicism
  • Specialized
9.3

A willingness to work with people from different religions to create unity

is the doctrinal principle promoting unity rather than a descriptive quality

How Ecumenical

ecumenicism
  • Specialized
9.9
cooperation
443 2.5
tolerance
160 3.7
indifference
71 4.6

Surface Forms

ecumenicism singular
ecumenicisms plural

Morphology

ecumenicism = ecumenical (semi-transparent) = ecumen + ic + ism

Formally built by adding an -ism (through the adjective ecumenical), so the doctrinal/movement sense is derivable, but the term is specialized and the exact variant 'ecumenicism' is rare, which may confuse learners.

Etymology

Ecumenicism comes from the Greek word oikoumenē, which means 'the inhabited world' or 'the whole world'. So ecumenicism is about churches across the Christian world trying to work together and be united.