'Citizens of the World' Nationalism, Ecumenical Missions, and the Idea of World Unity before the First World War

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作者
Lenz, Darin D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Fresno Pacific Univ, Fresno, CA 93702 USA
关键词
Student Volunteer Movement; oikoumene; ecumenical movement; world peace; missions; John R. Mott; Alexander Sutherland;
D O I
10.1163/18748945-02801018
中图分类号
B9 [宗教];
学科分类号
010107 ;
摘要
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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