A renowned scholar and world leader in the ecumenical movement, the Rt. Rev. Stephen C. Neill, Professor of Missions and Ecumenical Theology at the University of Hamburg, Germany, delivered the ninth annual Jacob Ziskind Memorial Lectures.
The three talks on "The Future of Ecumenism," sponsored by the William Jewett Tucker Foundation, were given by the man who established the first ecumenical church of modern times, The Church of South India, which brought together churches of Episcopal, Presby terian, and Congregational denominations.
Bishop Neill, the author of numerous books on theology including The Christian Society, served as a missionary in India for twenty years. After his return in 1944 he became chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge, and lecturer in theology. He was a key figure at The Amsterdam Assembly in 1948 which formally established the World Council of Churches, which he served for the next three years as associate general secretary. He has been on the faculty at the University of Hamburg since 1962.