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After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History
David A. Hollinger
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Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
The role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant and orthodox versions of the faith that oppose evolution, embrace narrow conceptions of family values, and continue to insist that the United States should be understood as a Christian nation. In this book, one of our preeminent scholars of American intellectual history examines how liberal Protestant thinkers struggled to embrace modernity, even at the cost of yielding much of the symbolic capital of Christianity to more conservative, evangelical communities of faith. If religion is not simply a private concern, but a potential ... Read more
The role of liberalized, ecumenical Protestantism in American history has too often been obscured by the more flamboyant and orthodox versions of the faith that oppose evolution, embrace narrow conceptions of family values, and continue to insist that the United States should be understood as a Christian nation. In this book, one of our preeminent scholars of American intellectual history examines how liberal Protestant thinkers struggled to embrace modernity, even at the cost of yielding much of the symbolic capital of Christianity to more conservative, evangelical communities of faith. If religion is not simply a private concern, but a potential ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691158426
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V9780691158426
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About David A. Hollinger
David A. Hollinger is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former president of the Organization of American Historians. His books include Science, Jews, and Secular Culture: Studies in Mid-Twentieth-Century American Intellectual History (Princeton) and Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism.
Reviews for After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History
"The intensely autobiographical essays of this book add luster but also complexity to David Hollinger's reputation as one of the most noteworthy historical essayists of his generation. The luster comes from the coruscating flow of insight he communicates about the larger meaning of liberal or mainline Protestantism in recent American history. The complexity arises from the book's tight interweaving of ... Read more