The Making of American Liberal Theology: Idealism, Realism, and Modernity, 1900-1950

Author: Dorrien, Gary

Brand: Westminster John Knox Press

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 666

EAN: 9780664223557

Release Date: 28-02-2003

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Part Number: Illustrated

Details: In this book, the second of his three-volume history, Gary Dorrien explores American theological liberalism in its heyday--at the advent of the research university and the institutionally identified school. He argues that in its prime theological liberalism effected a creative blending of theological schools, featured a tension between its evangelical and modernist impulses, and was fueled by its expectation of social and cultural progress, until its optimism was subjected to withering internal criticism in the 1930s.