‘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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Social sciences and missions
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 32-56 |
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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.” |
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ISSN: | 1874-8945 |
Contains: | In: Social sciences and missions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748945-02801018 |