The Unseen Heroes of the Global Missionary Movement
The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was a Protestant missionary recruiting organization. Launched in the late nineteenth century, it played an indispensable role in the creation of the modern missionary movement. While it was influenced by the optimism and expansiveness that characterized Americans at the turn of the century, it also mirrored the period’s provincialism and ethnocentrism.
The Kingdom of Character provides a thorough history of the Student Volunteer Movement (SVM), exposing both its strengths and weaknesses. Parker highlights how these student leaders addressed issues such as gender roles, the social impact of World War I, and various internal controversies, while emphasizing an American middle-class worldview that stressed the Victorian idea of character in their hope to spread the gospel around the world.
The Kingdom of Character is a great read for those interested in the creation of the modern missionary movement.
Tabella dei contenuti
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1- The Mount Hermon One Hundred
Chapter 2- The Masculinization of Christianity
Chapter 3- Women in the Missions Movement
Chapter 4- ‘The Evangelization of the World in This Generation’
Chapter 5- Creating a World Movement
Chapter 6- Education for a Moral Crusade
Chapter 7- The Social Gospel and the Great War
Chapter 8- From Foreign Missions to World Missions
Chapter 9- ‘…In This Generation’
Epilogue
Endnotes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Circa l’autore
Michael Parker received his MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and his Ph D in American Religious and Cultural History from the University of Maryland. From 1995 to 2006, he served as a Presbyterian missionary in Sudan and Rwanda.
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