The Young Ecumenical Movement under Pressure

Christian Internationalism in War and Post-War Times, c. 1890-1930s
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-593-52224-1
Verlag: Campus Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Religion und Moderne

The role of religion in war and post-war times has regained central importance in public discourse, particularly in Western countries. After decades of research on religion and peace – and especially Christianity and peace – public and academic attention has (re)turned to war and violence in the history of religions in general and of Christianity in particular. This collection brings together scholars from theology, history, area and cultural studies to examine the relationships between wars and Christian internationalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The contributions cover case studies from China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, North America, Scandinavia and Southern Africa. The temporal range goes beyond the narrow focus of the First World War and includes wars between non-Western countries and colonial wars. Many chapters open the topic up to non-Western perspectives and enlarge our understanding of the role of the young ecumenical movement in war and post-war times and, beyond that, they demonstrate how in the wars of a century ago Christians tried to negotiate between internationalist and nationalist views and to deal with and overcome wartime disruptions.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Becker, Judith

Jensz, Felicity

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Theokratische und religiöse Ideologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments
The Young Ecumenical Movement under Pressure: Christian
Internationalism in War and Post-War Times, c. 1890–1930s: Introduction
Judith Becker and Felicity Jensz

Orientating
Between Gospel and Nation: French Protestants and International Engagement in the Age of War (1900–1930)
Pierre-Yves Kirschleger
The World Student Christian Federation and the German and French Member Associations during and after World War One
Judith Becker
The Continuation Committee and German Missionaries in the Aftermath of World War One
Felicity Jensz
War, (Anti-)Imperialism, and Protestant International(ist) Relations in Asia, 1920s–1930s
Michael Philipp Brunner
Catholic Responses to Gandhi during the Interwar Period: A Window into Catholic Internationalism
Chandra Mallampalli

Advocating
Countering “Christian Imperialism”: The Society for the Recognition of the Brotherhood of Man’s Alternative Vision of Ecumenical Internationalism in the Late Nineteenth Century
Heather D. Curtis
Christian Internationalism and War for Japanese Christian Women: The Role of Michi Kawai, 1912–1929
Noriko Ishii†
In Search of Salvation: William Monroe Trotter’s Quest for World Democracy, 1918–1934
Aaron Pride
Christian Internationalism in Interwar Korea: Soft Power of History Writing, a Battle for Memories
Yeonseung Lee

Engaging
John R. Mott at War and the Consequences for Internationalism
Benjamin L. Hartley
Middle Eastern Christians before and after the Great War: National, Ecumenical, and Interreligious Entanglements
Deanna Ferree Womack
Christian Student Movements and Internationalism in China: Communal Prayer, Fundraising, and Local Initiatives, 1910s–1920s
Yun Zhou
The Universal Conference of Life and Work in Stockholm 1925: A Church Council between Nationalism and Internationalism
Urban Claesson
Afterword: Constructing the Young Ecumenical Movement
Dana L. Robert

Abbreviations
Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Becker, Judith
Judith Becker is Professor of Early Modern and Modern History of Christianity at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on Christian internationalism in times of nationalism and colonialism, mission histories and the history of religious migration during the Reformation.

Judith Becker ist Professorin für Reformation und Neuere Christentumsgeschichte an der Theologischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind der christliche Internationalismus zu Zeiten von Nationalismus und Kolonialismus, Missionsgeschichte und die Geschichte der Glaubensmigration in der Reformationszeit.

Jensz, Felicity
PD Dr Felicity Jensz is a colonial historian based at the University of Münster, Germany. Her research interests include colonial education, missionaries in German colonies and missionary ethnographical collections.

PD Dr. Felicity Jensz ist Kolonialhistorikerin an der Universität Münster, Deutschland. Ihre Forschungsinteressen umfassen koloniale Bildung, Missionare in deutschen Kolonien und ethnographische Sammlungen von Missionaren.

Judith Becker is Professor of Early Modern and Modern History of Christianity at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on Christian internationalism in times of nationalism and colonialism, mission histories and the history of religious migration during the Reformation.

Judith Becker ist Professorin für Reformation und Neuere Christentumsgeschichte an der Theologischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind der christliche Internationalismus zu Zeiten von Nationalismus und Kolonialismus, Missionsgeschichte und die Geschichte der Glaubensmigration in der Reformationszeit.
PD Dr Felicity Jensz is a colonial historian based at the University of Münster, Germany. Her research interests include colonial education, missionaries in German colonies and missionary ethnographical collections.

PD Dr. Felicity Jensz ist Kolonialhistorikerin an der Universität Münster, Deutschland. Ihre Forschungsinteressen umfassen koloniale Bildung, Missionare in deutschen Kolonien und ethnographische Sammlungen von Missionaren.