Examines the significance of the theology of communion in the continuing practice of ecumenism.
Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The common life; 2. Communion: Anglicans, Roman Catholics and ecumenical consensus; 3. Plato's vision; 4. Aristotle's revisionism; 5. Covenant and community; 6. Little communities and the Catholic church; 7. Cappadocian Koinonia; 8. Augustine and the story of communion; 9. Ecumenism and the practice of communion.