The right of the Protestant Left: God's totalitarianism

"This book explores the centrality of religious realignment for the development of American and global politics during the past century. It tells the story of the "Christian Realists" who led the American Protestant left following World War I. As a public theological community with tr...

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Main Author: Edwards, Mark Thomas (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan c 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:The Right of the Protestant Left. God's totalitarianism. By Mark Thomas Edwards. Pp. x+286. New York–Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. £55. 978 1 137 01989 9 (2014) (Bates, Stephen)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Political Protestantism / The Left / History 1890-1980
Further subjects:B Protestantism (United States) History 20th century
B Protestantism United States History 20th century
B United States Church history 20th century
B Globalization Religious aspects Christianity
B United States Church history 20th century
B Christianity and politics (United States) History 20th century
B Protestant churches United States History 20th century
B Globalization Religious aspects Christianity
B Protestant Churches (United States) History 20th century
B Christianity and politics United States History 20th century
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Summary:"This book explores the centrality of religious realignment for the development of American and global politics during the past century. It tells the story of the "Christian Realists" who led the American Protestant left following World War I. As a public theological community with transnational ties, the Realists attacked modern civilization, preached participatory democratic relations, and called for a catholic world Protestantism. In religion as well as in politics, the Realists and their associates at home and abroad proved to be the authentic religious right of their era. Together, they highlighted the conservativism within twentieth-century American liberalism"--
"This book explores the centrality of religious realignment for the development of American and global politics during the past century. It tells the story of the "Christian Realists" who led the American Protestant left following World War I. As a public theological community with transnational ties, the Realists attacked modern civilization, preached participatory democratic relations, and called for a catholic world Protestantism. In religion as well as in politics, the Realists and their associates at home and abroad proved to be the authentic religious right of their era. Together, they highlighted the conservativism within twentieth-century American liberalism"--
ISBN:1137019891