Given the 2005 Award of Merit by Christianity Today, Christopher Evans' The Kingdom is Always but Coming follows the life and career of American theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, the preeminent spokesperson at the center of the social gospel movement. Perceptive, well-informed, and ably written, Evans' biography is a superb introduction to both Rauschenbusch's life and his thought.
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Follows the life and career of American theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, the preeminent spokesperson at the centre of the social gospel movement. Perceptive, well-informed, and ably written, Evans' biography is a superb introduction to both Rauschenbusch's life and his thought.
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  • Foreword, by Mark A. Noll
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. In the Shadow of August Rauschenbusch
  • 2. The Energetic American
  • 3. Beneath the Glitter
  • 4. Social Salvation
  • 5. Rauschenbusch's Assisi
  • 6. The Pleasures of Youth
  • 7. The New Apostolate
  • 8. A Psychological Moment
  • 9. The Social Awakening
  • 10. The Struggles of Kingdom Building
  • 11. Social Redemption
  • 12. A Few Brave Souls
  • 13. The Little Gate to God
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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    Produktdetaljer

    ISBN
    9781481314848
    Publisert
    2020-12-15
    Utgiver
    Baylor University Press
    Vekt
    675 gr
    Høyde
    228 mm
    Bredde
    152 mm
    Dybde
    25 mm
    Aldersnivå
    P, 06
    Språk
    Product language
    Engelsk
    Format
    Product format
    Innbundet
    Antall sider
    376

    Biografisk notat

    Christopher H. Evans is Professor of History of Christianity and Methodist Studies in the School of Theology, Boston University. He is the author and editor of several books, including, The Faith of Fifty Million (2002), The Social Gospel Today (2001), and Histories of American Christianity (2013). In 2005, The Kingdom is Always but Coming won the "Award of Merit" for outstanding title in history/biography in Christianity Today magazine.