The study of Christian church unity, interfaith relations, and ecumenical movements and principles.
From ecumenic plus -ics, forming a field of study noun similar to 'physics' or 'ethics,' referring to the systematic study of ecumenicalism.
Ecumenics as an academic field grew rapidly in the 1960s because churches suddenly had urgent practical questions about how to actually work together!
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