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- author.

Series:

Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)

Oxford scholarship online.

Religion in America series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Theologians.

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

Christianity and international relations.

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

Liberalism (Religion).

Ecumenical movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Warren shows how a group of Protestant theologians forged a theology of international engagement for America in the 1930s and 40s which informed the public rationale for the United States participation in World War II and which stimulated American leadership in establishing organisation which promoted world order.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: High Tide of American Protestantism, 1880-1920; TWO: The Found Generation, 1890-1924; THREE: Age of Negativism, 1925-1933; FOUR: European Upheaval, Theological Ferment, 1933-1937; FIVE: Proclamation and Organization, 1937-1939; SIX: Making a New International Order in the War Years, 1939-1945; SEVEN: From the Center to the Margins, 1945-1948; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774167-3

1-280-45402-4

0-19-535419-2

0-585-20793-3

OCLC:

476015544