The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910

by Stanley, Brian

ISBN13: 9780802863607

ISBN10: 0802863604

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Pub. Date: 2009-03-15

Publisher(s): Eerdmans Pub Co

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Summary

The World Missionary Conference in 1910 was a defining event in the history of world missions. Brian Stanley here presents his careful research revealing the compelling story of this turbulent, influential gathering in Edinburgh. This book is both an account of the conference itself and an examination of the Protestant missionary movement as it neared the apex of its size and influence. / The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 is an erudite and engaging summation of, in Stanley's own words, "the many-sided legacy of the Edinburgh conference, not simply for the history of the ecumenical movement but also for Christian missions and the wider field of Christian discourse on questions of race and culture."

Author Biography

Brian Stanley is director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List Of Illustrations	p. xvi
Abbreviations	p. xviii
Preface	p. xx
Visions of the Kingdom: Edinburgh 1910 and the History of Christianity	p. 1
Expectations of a New Age	p. 1
An Evangelical Crusade Founded on 'the Science of Missions'	p. 3
Edinburgh 1910 in Retrospect	p. 5
Edinburgh 1910 and the History of Ecumenism	p. 7
A Representative Conference?	p. 12
Christianity on the Cusp of Transfiguration	p. 13
Origins and Preparations	p. 18
The 'Third Ecumenical Missionary Conference'	p. 18
J.H. Oldham and George Robson Make Their Presence Felt	p. 23
Deciding on the Model for Edinburgh 1910	p. 26
Broadening the Base of Planning	p. 28
Shaping the Eight Commissions	p. 32
The Central Advisory Committee and Its Secretary	p. 35
Changing the Title of the Conference	p. 36
The Inclusion of National Christians and the Exclusion of Faith and Order	p. 37
Oldham Gets to Work	p. 41
The Financing of the Conference	p. 44
Carrying the Gospel to All the World? Defining the Limits of Christendom	p. 49
A Mission to All Humanity?	p. 49
Commission I and the Problem of Statistics	p. 50
The Conference Hangs in the Balance	p. 55
Oldham in New York	p. 59
Resolving the Hard Cases	p. 63
The Anglican Position Clarified	p. 65
Evangelical Reactions	p. 67
Negotiations with the Archbishiop of Canterbury	p. 68
The Unity of Christendom Preserved - But at What Price?	p. 71
The Conference in Session	p. 73
Conference Logistics	p. 73
The Opening of the Conference	p. 77
The Assembly Hall of the United Free Church of Scotland	p. 82
The Conference Programme	p. 84
The Conduct of Debate	p. 85
The Spirituality of the Conference	p. 88
'Give Us Friends!' The Voice of the 'Younger' Churches	p. 91
The Non-Western Presence at Edinburgh	p. 91
The Virtual Absence of Africa	p. 97
The Missionary Societies and Indigenous Representation at Edinburgh	p. 102
Cheng Jingyi and the Call for a United Church in China	p. 107
Christianity and the National Spirit: Four Voices from Japan - Harada Tasuku, Honda Yoitsu, Ibuka Kajinosuke, and Chiba Yugoro	p. 111
Yun Ch'iho and Christian Nationalism in Korea	p. 118
V. S. Azariah and the Challenge of Inter-Cultural Friendship	p. 121
Pleas for an Asian Theology	p. 130
The Church of the Three Selves	p. 132
A Church-Centric Conference	p. 132
The Three-Self Principle: Rhetoric and Reality	p. 133
Church Organization and the 'Native Mind'	p. 135
The Remuneration of National Workers	p. 137
Failures in Self-Support	p. 141
Issues of Christian Nurture and Discipleship	p. 149
Theology and Spiritual Life	p. 159
The Aims of Mission Education: Cultural 'Accommodation' and the Catholicity of Christianity	p. 167
The Brief, Composition, and Mode of Operation of Commission III	p. 167
The American Reception of the British Drafts of the Commission III Report	p. 169
An Anglophone Perspective	p. 173
Defining the Purposes of Mission Education	p. 176
Education as a Form of Evangelism	p. 178
Education as a Strategy for a Three-Self Church	p. 182
Education as the Diffusion of Christian Influence	p. 186
Education as the Key to Catholicity	p. 193
The Legacy of the Commission III Report	p. 198
Appendix: Commission III Questionnaire	p. 202
Fulfilment and Challenge: Christianity and the World Faiths	p. 205
Previous Scholarship on Commission IV	p. 205
The Membership of Commission IV	p. 208
The Theology and Religious Perspective of Commission IV	p. 211
The Relation of Hinduism to Christianity	p. 214
T. E. Slater and the Case for Concentration on 'Higher Hinduism'	p. 220
The Influence of Alfred George Hogg	p. 222
The Relation of Islam to Christianity	p. 227
The Religions of Japan and China	p. 231
'Animistic' Religions and the Neglect of Africa	p. 235
Assessing Edinburgh's Theology of Fulfilment	p. 245
Missions, Empire, and the Hierarchy of Civilization	p. 248
Missions and Governments: The Membership of Commission VII	p. 248
A Hierarchy of Civilization	p. 254
Missionaries and Politics	p. 260
The Colonial View of Missions	p. 264
The Impact of the Commission VII Report	p. 269
British Questionnaire	p. 274
American Questionnaire	p. 276
Missionary Co-operation: Its Limits and Implications	p. 277
The Dilemma of Edinburgh: Missionary Co-operation or the Promotion of Christian Unity?	p. 277
Existing Instruments of Missionary Co-operation	p. 281
The German Proposal for an International Missionary Commission	p. 284
The Commission VIII Meeting of 21-23 December 1909	p. 285
The America Circular Letter	p. 288
British Hesitations Overcome: Walter H. Frere, John H. Ritson, and the Birth of the Idea of the Continuation Committee	p. 290
The Commission VIII Debate and the Creation of the Continuation Committee	p. 297
The Legacy of Edinburgh 1910	p. 303
Missionary Perceptions of East, West, and South	p. 303
Race and Culture	p. 307
The Pursuit of Church Union in Asia	p. 310
The Role of Women in Mission	p. 312
New Patterns of Missionary Study and Training	p. 316
Co-operation in Mission: New Initiatives in Britain	p. 317
Western Ecclesiastical Divisions and the Changing Contours of World Christianity	p. 320
Bibliography	p. 325
Index	p. 342
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