Saving Students: European Student Relief in the Aftermath of World War I
The World's Student Christian Federation established the European Student Relief (ESR) organization in 1920 in order to respond to the refugee and hunger crises emerging in the wake of World War I in Europe. Although nearly forgotten today, it was the first truly international ecumenical relief...
| Published in: | International bulletin of mission research |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2018]
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International bulletin of mission research
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| Further subjects: | B
World War I
World’s Student Christian Federation
European Student Relief
relief work
ecumenism
Ruth Rouse
internationalism
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| Summary: | The World's Student Christian Federation established the European Student Relief (ESR) organization in 1920 in order to respond to the refugee and hunger crises emerging in the wake of World War I in Europe. Although nearly forgotten today, it was the first truly international ecumenical relief agency in the world. This article tells the story of ESR in reference to its efforts at building interorganizational coalitions and as a force for internationalism. The ESR's story is instructive as the world marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I and is once again confronted with refugee crises. |
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| ISSN: | 2396-9407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2396939318782886 |