The kingdom of character
Subtitle: the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, 1886-1926
By: by Michael Parker.
Publisher: William Carey Library Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Pasadena, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780878085187
Subjects: Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions -- History.; College students in missionary work -- History -- 19th century.; College students in missionary work -- History -- 20th century.
Notes: Originally published: Lanham, Md. : American Society of Missiology : University Press of America, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249-295] and index.
Table of contents: title: The Mount Hermon one hundred; title: Moody and the YMCA; title: Mount Hermon; title: Launching a movement; title: Organizational structures; title: The volunteers; title: The masculinization of Christianity; title: Jesus and the development of manly character; title: Manliness and the business ethos; title: The holiness movement; title: Women in the missions movement; title: The YWCA; title: The role of women in missions; title: A social gospel for women; title: Women in the SVM; title: the evangelization of the world in this generation; title: The theology behind the watchword; title: The crisis; title: The volunteer appeal; title: The watchword controversy; title: Motts arguments for missions; title: Creating a world movement; title: Trail blazing; title: Creating the WSCF; title: The significance of the WSCF; title: Education for a moral crusade; title: The education department; title: Model missionaries; title: Mission lands; title: Comparative studies; title: Looking to the future; title: The social gospel and the great war; title: The student movement and the social gospel; title: The social gospel and the SVM; title: The student movements attitude towards the war; title: The Northfield Volunteer Conference, 1918; title: Taking stock; title: From foreign missions to world missions; title: Des Moines convention; title: A turbulent half decade; title: The WSCF enters the modern era; title: The Indianapolis Convention; title: Embracing world missions; title: In this generation; title: Change in the student Christian world; title: Attacks on the SVM leadership; title: Sharp-Baker scandal reorganization.