Adolf Keller Ecumenist, World Citizen, Philanthropist

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 oft 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' book is an important contribution to twentieth-century church history and to the history of the twentieth century in general.

Info autore

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 time of National Socialism and the church struggle in Germany and taught history at the College of Sargans.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marianne Jehle-Wildberger
• Con la collaborazione di: Mark Kyburz (Traduzione), John Peck (Traduzione), John F Peck (Traduzione)
• Editore: Wipf & stock publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 15.02.2013
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Scritti religiosi, preghiere, libri di canti, medi; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9781498215145
• ISBN: 978-1-4982-1514-5
• Numero di pagine: 300
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.7 x 23.5 x 2.2 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 660 g