E. Stanley Jones: Actor in God's Network Theory

Communication was a crucial element of E. Stanley Jones’s effectiveness as a missionary, spokesman, and advocate in India and across the world. From friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, his influence on Martin Luther King Jr., to his founding of the worldwide Christian Ashram movement and Round Table con...

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Main Author: Crissman, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2023
In: Christian scholar's review
Year: 2023, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 67-86
RelBib Classification:CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBM Asia
KBQ North America
RB Church office; congregation
RJ Mission; missiology
ZB Sociology
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Summary:Communication was a crucial element of E. Stanley Jones’s effectiveness as a missionary, spokesman, and advocate in India and across the world. From friendship with Mahatma Gandhi, his influence on Martin Luther King Jr., to his founding of the worldwide Christian Ashram movement and Round Table conferences, Jones demonstrated that interconnectedness is a necessary aspect of effective interfaith and inter-race communication. This article examines the communication practices of E. Stanley Jones, through the lens of Actor-Network Theory (ANT), using its view of interconnectedness to explain the effectiveness of Jones’s impact. However, due to ANT’s limitations, the Actor in God’s Network Theory (AGNT) is introduced, providing prescriptive advice from Jones for practical Christian communication today.
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