American Protestant theology : a historical sketch /

Giussani, Luigi,

American Protestant theology : a historical sketch / Luigi Giussani ; translated by Damian Bacich ; introduction by Archibald J. Spencer. - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 238 pages)

Translation of: Teologia protestante americana.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Puritan origins -- New England theology -- The liberal movement -- Realism -- Recent trends -- Appendix 1. Aspects of the conception of history in Reinhold Niebuhr -- Appendix 2. Reinhold Niebuhr and the foundations of his ethics -- Appendix 3. The recovery of religious values in American personalism and the philosophy of Edgar Sheffield Brightman.

American Protestantism from the perspective of a renowned Roman Catholic priest, educator, and public intellectual.



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Theology, Doctrinal--History.--United States
Protestant churches--Doctrines--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

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