Babut, Charles Bacuez, Louis Baggs, Charles Bagnall, Robert W. Bahelele Nidimisina, Jacques Baillie, Donald M. Bailly, Vincent de Paul Baker, Derek Baker, Elizabeth B. Baker, Joseph A. Balabin, Eugène (Yevgeny Petrovich) Balandier, Georges Balashov, Nikolay Balch, Emily G. Bale, John Baltus, Urbain Banasch, Georg Bancel, Nicolas Banks, F.E. Barakatullah, A.H. Mohammed (Maulana Barkatullah) Barber, Melanien Barbolla, Manuela Barbour, Josephus P. Bardy, Gustave Bares, Nikolaus Bariéty, Jacques Barlieva, Slavia Barlow, Bernard Barnave, Antoine Barnett, Ferdinand Barnett,…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part III. Beginnings: Movements Become a Movement previous chapter 1 Christian Peace Initiatives between 1907 and 1914 Although it may seem surprising, the decade that preceded the outbreak of World War i was characterized not only by numerous crises but also by several Christian peace initiatives that originated, in particular, in Great Britain and Germany and were above all intended – in the face of the manifold political tensions between both countries (due to naval and colonial rivalry)1 – to promote binational understanding.2 The editor of The Peace…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 The wmc1 held in the Assembly Hall of the United Free Church of Scotland in Edinburgh from June 14 to 23, 1910, expressed the untroubled confidence and passionate enthusiasm of the Western Protestant missionary movement as it approached the zenith of its size and global influence in the age of high imperialism. Approximately 1,215 official delegates, 1,008 of them men, and…