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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002685739707536

Autore

Gamble, Richard M.

Titolo

The war for righteousness : progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the rise of the messianic nation / Richard M. Gamble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, c2003

ISBN

1932236147

1932236163 (pbk.)

Descrizione fisica

XI, 306 p. ; 24 cm.

Soggetti

Guerra mondiale, 1914-1918 - Aspetti religiosi - Cristianita

Liberalismo - Stati Uniti d'America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of South Carolina, 1992

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-295) and index

Nota di contenuto

A vast spiritual migration: tracing the worldview of the progressive clergy -- Applied Christianity: implementing the progressive worldview -- Applied Christianity abroad: foreign missions, internationalism, and the expanding circle of progressive reform to 1914 -- Fit to serve all mankind: the progressive clergy and the European War, 1914-1917 -- With battle banners furled: the varieties of progressive pacifism, 1914-1917 -- A righteous people in a righteous cause: the progressive clergy and American intervention, 1917-1918 -- Soldiers of the cross: the progressive clergy's redemptive war, 1917-1918 -- A new world order: the progressive clergy and the peace, 1918-1920 -- Righteousness postponed: the progressive clergy's enduring worldview.