The Americanness of the Social Gospel; An Inquiry in Comparative History

In an essay of the early 1920s, the Swiss theologian Emil Brunner offered alternative phrasings for the Protestant liberalism against which his generation was in revolt: one could speak of “the evolutionistic optimism of world-betterment,” or simply of “Christian Americanism.”

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Main Author: Hutchison, William Robert 1930-2005 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: [1975]
In: Church history
Year: 1975, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 367-381
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBQ North America
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:In an essay of the early 1920s, the Swiss theologian Emil Brunner offered alternative phrasings for the Protestant liberalism against which his generation was in revolt: one could speak of “the evolutionistic optimism of world-betterment,” or simply of “Christian Americanism.”
ISSN:0009-6407
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history