Theologians of a new world order : Reinhold Niebuhr and the Christian realists, 1920-1948 / Heather A. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, Heather A., 1959-

Series:

Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)

Religion in America series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theologians--United States--History--20th century.

Theologians.

Christianity and international relations--History--20th century.

Christianity and international relations.

History.

Liberalism (Religion)--History--20th century.

Liberalism (Religion).

Ecumenical movement.

United States.

Physical Description:

199 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

This book tells how a group of Protestant theologians forged a theology of international engagement for America in the 1930s and 40s, and how in doing so they informed the public rationale for the United States' participation in World War II and stimulated American leadership in establishing both secular and international organizations for the promotion of world order. This remarkable group included Henry P. Van Dusen, Reinhold Niebuhr, John Bennett, Francis P. Miller, Georgia Harkness, and Samual McCrea Cavert. Warren show how, in creating a coherent, theologically-derived position and bringing it to bear on contemporary international issues, this group combined ideas with public action in a way that set the standard for American theologians' social activism in the years to come.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-191) and index.

ISBN:

0195114388

OCLC:

35243517