Missions and the Modern World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2201953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Ezra Park (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1944 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 177-183 |
| Publication date | 1944-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219567 |
| OpenAlex | W2039759548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Great Society is united by its agencies of trade and communication but has not yet achieved any sort of moral unity; its intellectual direction has been by unrelated specialists. The vitality of small sects, recruited, as they are, among heterogeneous individuals, is an evidence of the sense of moral insecurity. The task of missions has been to create from the existing social and cultural units a common culture and a moral solidarity in which all can sahre. Missions have measurably solved the race problem within their local sphere of influence. They have made native peoples literate, thus not only giving them access to the modern world but paving the way for a secular press-a first step in developing a sense of themselves. Finally, missions are outposts of European civilization; their staffs are intermediaries and interpreters between the two worlds
Civilization · Environmental ethics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Vitality · Christian Theology and Mission · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |