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Book SynopsisGiven the 2005 Award of Merit by Christianity Today, Christopher Evans'
The Kingdom is Always but Coming follows the life and career of American theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, the preeminent spokesperson at the center of the social gospel movement. Perceptive, well-informed, and ably written, Evans' biography is a superb introduction to both Rauschenbusch's life and his thought.
Trade Review"Timely and absorbing. Like the best in this genre, this biography brilliantly positions Rauschenbusch in his own era." --Harvey Cox, Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School
"Splendid. A model of historical scholarship and theological analysis; it significantly strengthens our understanding of Rauschenbusch and his era." --Gary Dorrien, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
"Definitive. Evans presents the paradoxes and complexities of Rauschenbusch's life, thought, and action in ways that past biographers have not." --Rosemary Skinner Keller, Professor Emerita of Church History, Union Theological Seminary
Table of Contents
- Foreword, by Mark A. Noll
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. In the Shadow of August Rauschenbusch
- 2. The Energetic American
- 3. Beneath the Glitter
- 4. Social Salvation
- 5. Rauschenbusch's Assisi
- 6. The Pleasures of Youth
- 7. The New Apostolate
- 8. A Psychological Moment
- 9. The Social Awakening
- 10. The Struggles of Kingdom Building
- 11. Social Redemption
- 12. A Few Brave Souls
- 13. The Little Gate to God
- Bibliography
- Index
