FIVE REASONS AGAINST JOHN MOTT’S CONCEPTION ABOUT MISSION
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28 March 2026
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15 March 2018
Abstract
IN THIS RESEARCH, BASED ON THE WORKS OF JOHN R. MOTT – IMPORTANT THEOLOGIAN FROM THE PROTESTANT SPACE OF THE19TH AND 20 TH CENTURIES – BUT ALSO BASED ON OTHER PUBLICATIONS (DEDICATED TO TOPICS LIKE THE 1ST WORLD MISSIONARY CONFERENCE HELD IN EDINBURG IN 1919), THE AUTHOR TRIES TO PRESENT THE VISION ABOUT MISSION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WRITER AND TO OFFER FIVE REASONS THAT DEMONSTRATE WHY HIS OPINION WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. BECAUSE OF THE RELEVANCE OF HIS WORK AND OF HIS PERSONALITY, MOTT’S IDEAS (LATER HE WILL RECEIVE ALSO A NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEM), WILL CON STITUTE THE LEITMOTIV OF THE NAMED EVENT, FIRST FROM A BIG SERIES. THEREFORE, PRESENTING HIS VISION, IT IS FIRSTLY AN ATTEMPT TO BRING AGAIN INTO THE ATTENTION OF READERS HIS LIFE AND ACTIVITY, WHILE OFFERING 5 REASONS THAT PROVE WHY HIS VISION WAS WRONG. THIS RESEARCH REPRESENTS A WAY TO REALIZE A THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HIS WORKS BUT ALSO A POSSIBILITY TO OFFER ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON HIS APPROACH.
Keywords
EDINBURGH CONFERENCE
1910
YMCA
EVANGELIZATION
MISSION
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