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Adolf Keller (1872-1963)
Marianne Jehle-Wildberger
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The Swiss theologian Adolf Keller was the leading ecumenist on the European continent between the two world wars. In this book the historian Marianne Jehle-Wildberger delineates his life and its achievements. Based on research in forty archives in Europe and the United States, a picture emerges that shows a wonderful man who was a personal friend of Karl Barth, C. G.Jung, Thomas Mann, and Albert Schweitzer - and thus who was influenced by the spiritual tendencies of the twentieth century. Keller cooperated closely with the National Council of Churches. His Central Bureau of Relief in Geneva (Inter-Church Aid) ... Read more
The Swiss theologian Adolf Keller was the leading ecumenist on the European continent between the two world wars. In this book the historian Marianne Jehle-Wildberger delineates his life and its achievements. Based on research in forty archives in Europe and the United States, a picture emerges that shows a wonderful man who was a personal friend of Karl Barth, C. G.Jung, Thomas Mann, and Albert Schweitzer - and thus who was influenced by the spiritual tendencies of the twentieth century. Keller cooperated closely with the National Council of Churches. His Central Bureau of Relief in Geneva (Inter-Church Aid) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718893156
SKU
V9780718893156
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About Marianne Jehle-Wildberger
Marianne Jehle-Wildberger is a renowned Swiss historian. She has written many books and articles on the Reformation, Pietism, and modern church history. She is a specialist on the period of National Socialism and the church struggle in Germany and taught history at the College of Sargans.
Reviews for Adolf Keller (1872-1963)
"This is a modest book, translated sensitively and published by a small press which has shown the courage of its convictions and given us something truly important when most other houses would hardly have bothered. Keller certainly did matter once - and he should matter to us still." -Andrew Chandler, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 67 Iss. 3, July ... Read more