After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History Hardcover - 2013
by Hollinger, David A
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- Title After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History
- Author Hollinger, David A
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 248
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2013
- Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0691158428I3N01
- ISBN 9780691158426 / 0691158428
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Church history - 20th century, Liberalism (Religion) - Protestant churches
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012046644
- Dewey Decimal Code 280.409
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"Liberal Protestantism is not appreciated enough, not studied enough, and keeps getting written off as a movement destined to fade away. David Hollinger, one of our finest and most provocative intellectual historians, reminds us how important liberal Protestant ideas have been in advancing movements for social reform and in shaping our current self-understandings. And his account of the struggle of Christians with the Enlightenment is hugely instructive at a moment when all our faith traditions continue to confront the effects of the acids of modernity. In bringing together some of Hollinger's most important work, After Cloven Tongues of Fire is an exciting book that challenges many of the assumptions lurking behind our debates over religion's role in American public life."--E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Our Divided Political Heart and Souled Out
"This book by America's leading intellectual historian is essential reading for anyone who cares to understand the rise, decline, and enduring legacy of what was once our dominant religious tradition. David Hollinger's essays, always empathetic but never uncritical, treat the 'worldly' Protestants with the moral rigor they deserve."--Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation
"Hollinger's book will take its place as one of the most important works in modern American intellectual history published in recent decades. It shows this exemplary scholar practicing his craft at the highest level of scholarly excellence and deliberately and self-critically reflecting on his practice."--James T. Kloppenberg, Harvard University
"A splendid book. Hollinger's trenchant, sweeping, and at times jolting essays pose critical questions about central issues in American religion, philosophy, and history with depth, insight, and understanding. After Cloven Tongues of Fire will attract a wide spectrum of readers."--Jon Butler, Yale University
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- Books & Culture, 01/01/2014, Page 9
- Christian Century, 06/12/2013, Page 41