Many believe that American Protestantism has long been divided into two groups: those concerned with the impact of religion in the public sphere and those concerned with private faith, individual morality, and personal evangelism. Douglas Strong provides examples of people over the last 150 years who bridged the apparent chasm between these two groups and were able to nurture a deep personal piety while simultaneously working to transform society.
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According to historian Strong, the common view of American Protestant Evangelicals as merely conservative and concerned with personal piety is incomplete. He offers eight portraits of evangelical Protestants who take their spiritual vigor to the streets, sweatshops, campuses and church halls of America with what he dubs a "holistic faith." Strong examines the lives and works of early 19th-century figures such as abolitionist William Goodell and preacher Julia Foote, as well as 20th-century figures such as Clarence Jordan, founder of the Koinonia Community in Americus, Ga., and author of the Cotton Patch Gospels. Strong believes stories of lesser-known evangelicals who married faith and social action can encourage others to "walk in the spirit" (Galatians 5:13-16) by achieving "inward renewal and outward action." This book should please both historians and general readers; the stories are interesting and the writing insightful.
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Douglas M. Strong is Professor of the History of Christianity and Dean of the College at the Seattle Pacific University School of Theology in Seattle, Washington. He is the author of Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition: John Wesley's Sermons for Today.
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Despite the fact that they may have had an important influence on American religious life, some historical figures are not well-known today simply because of oversight on the part of historians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social gospellers, carnal reasoning, political abolitionists, holy activity, apostolic faith, entire sanctification Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Clarence Jordan, African American, Charles Stelzle, Holy Ghost, William Goodell, Liberty Party, Cotton Patch, Julia Foote, New Testament, Koinonia Farm, Stanley Jones, Christian Investigator, Labor Temple, Son of the Bowery, Azusa Street, Vida Scudder, Abingdon Press, Civil War, Los Angeles, Puerto Rico, The Christ of the Indian Road New!
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Despite the fact that they may have had an important influence on American religious life, some historical figures are not well-known today simply because of oversight on the part of historians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social gospellers, carnal reasoning, political abolitionists, holy activity, apostolic faith, entire sanctification Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Clarence Jordan, African American, Charles Stelzle, Holy Ghost, William Goodell, Liberty Party, Cotton Patch, Julia Foote, New Testament, Koinonia Farm, Stanley Jones, Christian Investigator, Labor Temple, Son of the Bowery, Azusa Street, Vida Scudder, Abingdon Press, Civil War, Los Angeles, Puerto Rico, The Christ of the Indian Road New!
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- Son of the Bowery: The Life Story of an East Side American by Charles Stelzle on 5 pages
- A Theology for the Social Gospel (Library of Theological Ethics) by Walter Rauschenbusch on 4 pages
- Civil War (Vol 2) by Shelby Foote on page 18, page 23, and page 24
- The Church and the Hour by Vida D. Scudder on page 71, and page 75
- Song of Ascents: A Spiritual Autobiography (Festival Books) by Stanley Jones on page 88, and Back Matter
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