Country Versus City Tension: Historical and Socio-religious Context of the Development of Adventist Understanding of Urban Mission

Authors

Allan Novaes, Adventist University of São Paulo
Wendel Lima, Brazil Publishing House

First Page

52

Last Page

71

Abstract

"The Adventist engagement in the evangelization of cities has been timid and, for many decades, even discouraged by an anti-urban attitude. This mentality of criticism and resistance to the cities was largely sustained through an incomplete and/or misreading of Ellen White’s writings (Jones 2013:716). This article seeks to describe Adventist rural/urban tension, the historical and social context of its origin, and how it has been softened by a contrasting broader view of Adventist urban mission."

Recommended Citation

Novaes, Allan and Lima, Wendel (2019) "Country Versus City Tension: Historical and Socio-religious Context of the Development of Adventist Understanding of Urban Mission," Journal of Adventist Mission Studies: Vol. 15: No. 1, 52-71.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol15/iss1/6/
Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/jams/vol15/iss1/6

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol15/iss1/6/