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How My Mind Has Changed
"The Christian Century, the most distinguished weekly of independent Protestant opinion, periodically reviews the shifting currents of theological conviction. At the invitation of Harold E. Fey, editor of the Christian Century, thirteen outstanding religious thinkers and leaders were recently asked to assess the impact of the last decade upon their work and thought. Many of these essays have already provoked considerable comment, notably Karl Barth's defense of his heterodox views on East-West political relations and Bishop Pike's second thoughts on traditional Christian creedal affirmations. Several of the essays, notably by John C. Bennett, Martin Luther King, Jr., Albert C. Outler, and Bi...
The Christian Century Reader
Preface In the past half-century American Christian thought has changed in important respects. A useful yardstick for measuring the scope of these changes is the fifty-three annual volumes of the weekly Christian Century. Here is recorded the swing from faith in progress, automatically ascending on the escalator of evolution, whose inventor was God, to the present dialectical realism; from a concept of the kingdom of God as something largely dependent on mans initiative to that of the kingdom as one in which the initiative lies with God, with man participating in God sredemptive activity; from the concern of the social gospel with the outward structure of justice to the inwardness of an ethi...
A History of the Ecumenical Movement: 1517-1948
This first volume of the series, taking the Reformation as its starting point, covers four centuries of varied endeavours towards church unity in Europe and North America. In particular it deals with the Faith and Order, World Mission and Evangelism, and Life and Work movements in the 20th century, which led to the formation of the World Council of Churches.
The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline
The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline offers the first full-length, critical study of The Christian Century, widely regarded as the most influential religious magazine in America for most of the twentieth century and hailed by Time as "Protestantism's most vigorous voice." Elesha Coffman narrates the previously untold story of the magazine, exploring its chronic financial struggles, evolving editorial positions, and often fractious relations among writers, editors, and readers, as well as the central role it played in the rise of mainline Protestantism. Coffman situates this narrative within larger trends in American religion and society. Under the editorship of Charl...
