# Roundup: Ecumenism, urbanism, reconciliation, architecture, tolerance

> It might be hyperbolic to say that ecumenists experienced a cultural victory and an organisational defeat, but there is something to that view. Ecumenists yielded much of the symbolic capital of Christianity to evangelicals, which is a significant loss. But ecumenists won much of the US.

4 July 2012 · News

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## [Ecumenical Protestants](https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-06/culture-changers)

It might be hyperbolic to say that ecumenists experienced a cultural victory and an organisational defeat, but there is something to that view. Ecumenists yielded much of the symbolic capital of Christianity to evangelicals, which is a significant loss. But ecumenists won much of the US. There are trade-offs.

## [Religion and the city](https://www.newgeography.com/content/002938-religion-and-city)

Urbanists should take religion much more seriously than they often do.

## [Reconciliation: Messages from the elders](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1664290/Reconciliation-Messages-from-the-elders)

Indigenous elders from different corners of Australia answer the question: How do we start building bridges of understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people? And they all agree on one thing: reconciliation starts in your own backyard.

## [Winning school library doesn’t do it by the book](https://www.smh.com.au/national/winning-school-library-doesnt-do-it-by-the-book-20120628-2158y.html)

Ravenswood school library, where the walls double as whiteboards and the stairwell as a lecture space, has won the celebrated Sir John Sulman Medal for public architecture.

## [Gungahlin plan welcomed](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/gungahlin-plan-welcomed-20120629-218ka.html)

Gungahlin Uniting Church minister Mark Faulkner has slammed objections to a mosque in the suburb, dubbing them yesterday as intolerant.