Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1900-1996

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-24751-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Methodist Studies Series

The twentieth century saw the spectacular growth of Christianity in much of the global south, the transformation of mission fields into self-governing Churches, schemes of church union (some successful, others abortive), evolving attitudes to other faiths and significant Christian engagement with issues of racial justice and world poverty. This book examines the contribution of the Methodist Missionary Society (and its predecessors before 1932) to these world-changing movements, from the remarkable mass conversions in south-west China and west Africa early in the century to the controversy over grants to liberation movements in the 1970s and 1980s. Pritchard traces the MMS contribution to education, health care, rural development and social welfare and describes the administration of the Societies and the selection and preparation of candidates for missionary service. This is a ground-breaking study of Methodist Overseas Mission in the twentieth century, how it adjusted to changing circumstances - including the forced withdrawals from China and Burma - and developed new initiatives and partnerships, including its World Church in Britain programme which brought missionaries from the younger Churches to serve in Britain and Ireland.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pritchard, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Methodistische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: A New Century: High Hopes and Ill Omens; 2: Changing Patterns of Missionary Life; 3: Twentieth Century Martyrs; 4: Life at the Mission House; 5: Nurturing Support; 6: Mass Movements and Group Conversions; 7: Mens sana in corpore sano; 8: Life-Long Learning; 9: Vocation, Selection, Preparation; 10: Methodist Union; 11: Wider Union: Achievements and Failures; 12: Christian Mission and the Faith of Others; 13: The World at War; 14: Autonomy and Indigenization; 15: Forced Withdrawals and New Beginnings; 16: Do All the Good You Can; 17: New Name, New Mood, New Emphases; 18: Struggles for Justice; 19: Moving On

Über Autor(innen)

John Pritchard was the General Secretary, Methodist Church Overseas Division (MMS) from 1991 to 1996, having previously served as its Africa Secretary. He had been a missionary with the Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire - then a District of the British Methodist Conference - from 1966 to 1975, and was Secretary of the committee which drafted its constitution as an autonomous Church. In the 1970s he edited Urban Africa, a quarterly magazine published by the All Africa Conference of Churches. He chaired the interdenominational Friends of the Church in China for six years from 2000 and convened the Methodist Missionary History Project from its inception in 1994.