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Title

Faith on the frontier : a life of J.H. Oldham / Keith Clements.

Author

Clements, K. W. (Keith W.)

Publication

Edinburgh : T & T Clark ; Geneva : WCC Publications, c1999.

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Details

Description

xvii, 515 p.: ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The first biography of J.H. Oldham, one of the greatest pioneers of ecumenism in the twentieth century." "Keith Clements draws on important unexplored archival material. Sections relate to Oldham's time as a missionary in India, his role as Secretary of the World Missionary Conference, usually recognised as the birth of the modern ecumenical movement, his reconciliatory roles in the First and Second World Wars, and his involvement with the 'Life and Work' movement. In a final chapter Dr. Clements reflects on Oldham's considerable and continuing relevance today." "This book challenges many accepted readings of ecumenical history."--Jacket.

Subject

• Oldham, J. H. 1874-1969
• Oldham, J. H. 1874-1969
• Ecumenical movement
• Ecumenists > Great Britain > Biography
• Ecumenists > Scotland > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-500) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. To be a missionary -- ch. 1. The cradle : India, Scotland and Evangelicalism -- ch. 2. The student : Oxford 1892-96 -- ch. 3. The student volunteer : Aldersgate street and India 1896-1901 -- ch. 4. Theological student and missions educator, Edinburgh 1901-07 -- Part II. Ecumenical pathfinding -- ch. 5. Edinburgh 1910 -- ch. 6. After Edinburgh : the beginningo f the doin -- ch. 7. World missions and World War 1914-18 -- ch. 8. a new beginning 1918-25 -- Part III. Mission and the corridors of colonial power -- ch. 9. Mission, empire, race and prayer 1919-25 -- ch. 10. "Friend of Africa" 1920-30 -- ch. 11. New tensions : Oldham, Mott and the IMC -- Part IV. Church, community and state -- ch. 12. Oldham in transition - to life and work -- ch. 13. Oldham and Nazi Germany 1933-37 -- ch. 14. Oxford 1937 -- ch. 15. Towards a World Council of Curches 1933-39 -- ch. 16. "A fighting chance" : the council on the Chrsitian faith and the common life -- Part V. Crisis, war and society 1938-45 -- ch. 17. The moot -- ch. 18. The Christian News-Letter -- ch. 19. Councils of war : the emergence of the Christian Frontier Council -- Part VI. Still "a perfectly mad adventure" -- ch. 20. From Utrecht to Amsterdam : Oldham and the inauguration of the World Council of Churches -- ch. 21. The post-war veteran 1945-459 -- ch. 22. The last frontier 1960-69.

ISBN

• 0567086909 (T&T Clark)
• 2825412899 (WCC)

OCLC

• 43341991
• SCSB-12730170

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library