| Adolf Keller: Ecumenist, World Citizen, Philanthropist Contributor(s): Jehle-Wildberger, Marianne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0718893158 ISBN-13: 9780718893156 Publisher: Lutterworth Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Ecumenism & Interfaith - Religion | Christianity - Denominations |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: 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 historyand to the history of the twentieth century in general. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jehle-Wildberger, Marianne: - 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. |