Adolf Keller

Ecumenist, World Citizen, Philanthropist

AvMarianne Jehle-Wildberger

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

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) was supported by American churches. His lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary on "Religion and Revolution" (1933) - in which he was one of the first commentators to denounce National Socialism in Germany - set a new standard of political discussion and are unsurpassed.Marianne Jehle-Wildbergers's book is an important contribution to twentieth-century church history and to the history of the twentieth century in general.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-07-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Lutterworth Press
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:James Clarke & Co Ltd
ISBN:9780718893156

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Mer om författaren

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.

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"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 2016"This book is an important contribution to twentieth-century church histroy and to the history of the twentieth century in general."-Theological Book Review, Vol. 26 No. 2, 2015

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionAbbreviations1 From Village Boy to Pastor2 Entering Ecumenism: Peace Building and Bridging Europe and America3 The Ecumenical Movement: Life and Work and the Central Bureau for Relief4 Crisis and a New Beginning at Life and Work, and from the Central Bureau to Inter-Church Aid5 Opposing National Socialism, Supporting German Refugees6 World War II and the Postwar PeriodConclusion: The Significance of Adolf KellerChronologyList of PersonsBibliography