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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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1975]
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Church history
Year: 1975, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 367-381 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America |
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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.” |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3164037 |