The impact of evangelical revivals on global mission : the case of North American evangelicals in Brazil in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

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dc.contributor.author Smither, Edward L.
dc.date.accessioned 2010-11-15T06:46:30Z
dc.date.available 2010-11-15T06:46:30Z
dc.date.issued 2010-09
dc.description.abstract The aim of the current article is to show that an important element behind the establishment of evangelical missions to Brazil – particularly during the pioneering stages – was evangelical revival, especially that which occurred in North America during the nineteenth century. Following a brief introduction to the general relationship between eighteenth- and nineteenth century revivals and evangelical missions, I shall endeavour to support historically the commonly accepted, yet often unsubstantiated, correlation between such movements of revival and mission. Firstly, I will show the significant paradigm shift in missional thinking, which took place in the nineteenth century, as North American evangelicals began to regard Roman Catholic countries in Latin America as mission fields. Secondly, I shall argue that the influence of nineteenth-century revivalist evangelicalism (particularly that sourced in North America) on missions to Brazil and Latin America can best be observed in the Brazilian evangelical identity that emerged in the twentieth century, which has, in turn, propelled the Brazilian evangelical church into its own significant involvement in global missions (Noll 2009:10). en
dc.identifier.citation Smither, E.L., 2010, ‘ The impact of evangelical revivals on global mission : the case of North American evangelicals in Brazil in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’, Verbum et Ecclesia 31(1), Art. #340, 8 pages. DOI:10.4102/ve.v31i1.340. [www.ve.org.za] en
dc.identifier.issn 1609-9982
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15275
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher OpenJournals Publishing en_US
dc.rights © 2010. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en_US
dc.subject World missions en
dc.subject.lcsh Great Awakening en
dc.subject.lcsh Evangelical Revival -- Brazil en
dc.subject.lcsh Missions, American -- Brazil en
dc.subject.lcsh Revivals -- Brazil en
dc.subject.lcsh Missions -- History en
dc.title The impact of evangelical revivals on global mission : the case of North American evangelicals in Brazil in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries en
dc.type Article en


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