Robert H. Gardiner and the reunification of worldwide Christianity in the Progressive Era / John F. Woolverton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolverton, John Frederick, 1926-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardiner, Robert H. (Robert Hallowell), 1855-1924.

Gardiner, Robert H.

Ecumenists--United States--Biography.

Ecumenists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 270 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, [2005]

Summary:

"Biography of Robert Hallowell Gardiner III, Progressive Era leader of the Christian ecumenical movement, the Young Manhood Movement, and the World Council of Churches. Includes discussions of George Wharton Pepper, Francis Stetson, John R. Mott, Newman Smyth, Cardinal James Gibbons, Bishop Charles Henry Brent, Vida D. Scudder, and others"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The legacy of education : Fort Tejon, California, 1855-1916

The social gospel's "ham and pickle eaters" : Boston, 1893-1909

Parliaments and brotherhoods : Chicago, 1893

Faith and order's troubled beginnings : Edinburgh, 1910

War and theology : Lake Constance, 1914

Improbable center of a worldwide movement : Gardiner, Maine, 1914-1924

Conclusion

Appendix : chronology of Robert Gardiner's life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index.

ISBN:

082621603X

OCLC:

61229649

Publisher Number:

9780826216038