‘Citizens of the World’

This essay analyzes Christian laypeople and church leaders who hoped for a new age of political, racial, social, and religious cooperation at the beginning of the twentieth century. This new age was centered on a belief that the global rise of nationalism combined with the transformational qualities...

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Published in:Social sciences and missions
Main Author: Lenz, Darin D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Social sciences and missions
Further subjects:B mouvement des étudiants pour l’engagement volontaire œkoumène mouvement œcuménique Paix mondiale missions John R. Mott Alexander Sutherland
B Student Volunteer Movement oikoumene ecumenical movement world peace missions John R. Mott Alexander Sutherland
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Summary:This essay analyzes Christian laypeople and church leaders who hoped for a new age of political, racial, social, and religious cooperation at the beginning of the twentieth century. This new age was centered on a belief that the global rise of nationalism combined with the transformational qualities of Christian missions and ecumenical cooperation would spur a new camaraderie among diverse peoples and nations that would lead to peace and prosperity for the world. The essay explores how this pre-First World War idea for a new oikoumene arose out of a desire for reconciliation among Christian denominations and the call for the “evangelization of the world in this generation.”
ISSN:1874-8945
Contains:In: Social sciences and missions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748945-02801018