The kingdom is always but coming : a life of Walter Rauschenbusch / Christopher H. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Christopher Hodge, 1959-

Series:

Library of religious biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rauschenbusch, Walter, 1861-1918.

Rauschenbusch, Walter.

Baptists--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Baptists.

United States.

Clergy.

Theologians--United States--Biography.

Theologians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxx, 348 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., [2004]

Summary:

Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) was the major theological exponent of the social gospel movement in American Christianity. This new biography examines Rauschenbusch's life and career and assesses his impact on American religious and intellectual history.

Drawing on a rich range of primary sources, Christopher Evans examines all facets of Rauschenbusch's life, from his upbringing in a German-American immigrant family, to his early ministry amid the tenements of Hell's Kitchen in New York City, to his rise as one of the most influential religious leaders of his generation.

Yet this work is more than just a chronicle of one man's life and legacy. By placing the story of Rauschenbusch at the center of the American Progressive Era, Evans throws fresh light on the major theological and ideological divisions that split Protestant Christianity into liberal and conservative camps.

Contents:

1. In the Shadow of August Rauschenbusch 1

2. The Energetic American 2

3. Beneath the Glitter 45

4. Social Salvation 74

5. Rauschenbusch's Assisi 101

6. The Pleasures of Youth 128

7. The New Apostolate 148

8. A Psychological Moment 175

9. The Social Awakening 198

10. The Struggles of Kingdom Building 221

11. Social Redemption 247

12. A Few Brave Souls 271

13. The Little Gate to God 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.

ISBN:

0802847366

OCLC:

54081619