Theologians of a New World Order

Reinhold Niebuhr and the Christian Realists 1920—1948

Bibliographic Data

ID19986708
AuthorsHeather A Warren (corresponding author)
Year1997
Pages199
Publication date1997-09-25
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTheologians of a new world order (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780195114386.001.0001
OpenAlexW4388437040
Open LibraryOL996068M
ISBN9780195114386
LanguageEN
Citations received18

This book tells how a group of Protestant theologians forged a theology of international engagement for America in the 1930s and 40s, and how in doing so they informed the public rationale for the United States’ participation in World War II and stimulated American leadership in establishing both secular and international organizations for the promotion of world order. This remarkable group included Henry P. Van Dusen, Reinhold Niebuhr, John Bennett, Francis P. Miller, Georgia Harkness, and Samual McCrea Cavert. Warren show how, in creating a coherent, theologically-derived position and bringing it to bear on contemporary international issues, this group combined ideas with public action in a way that set the standard for American theologians’ social activism in the years to come

Action (physics) · Miller · Order (exchange) · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Protestantism · Social activism · Sociology · Theology · World order · World War II · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · 20th century · Christianisme · Christianity and international affairs · Christianity and international relations · Ecumenical movement · Engagement · History · Internationale orde · Liberalism (religion) · Libéralisme (Religion) · Oecuménisme · Protestanten · Relations internationales · Religious aspects · Theologians · Théologiens · united states

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