Blueprints
The Regeneration of Europe
In a speech before students of the World Christian Student Federation, Visser ‘t Hooft reflected back on the years between 1944 (when a meeting had taken place at his home in Geneva with representatives of resistance movements from all over Europe) and 1949 (a year in which the Marshall Plans effects had become visible, but the Cold War loomed threateningly) and noted the remarkable progress European unity had made under pressure of the changing geopolitical circumstances. Yet, he also warned against complacency: Europe had to both find and defend a way of life unique to itself. That way of life is the core of this blueprint.
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The blueprint is courtesy of the WCC Archives in Geneva and republished here with permission.