| Empirical Tradition in American Liberal Religious Thought, 1860-1960 Contributor(s): Crosby, Donald A. (Editor), Peden, W. Creighton (Editor), Peden, W. Creighton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433108097 ISBN-13: 9781433108099 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $125.07 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Fundamentalism - History - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 230.046 |
| LCCN: 2009045623 |
| Series: American Liberal Religious Thought |
| Physical Information: 298 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book introduces the empirical tradition in American liberal religious thought, from 1860 to 1960, by exploring the thought of significant individual contributors. The first section focuses on four participants in the Free Religious Association of 1867, which supported free religion, the scientific method, and evolution: F. E. Abbot, W. J. Potter, D. A. Wasson, and M. J. Savage. The second section focuses on the empirical tradition as expressed by eight scholars from the eight scholars from the Chicago School in American liberal religious thought: S. Mathews, G. B. Foster, E. S. Ames, G. B. Smith, S. J. Case, A. E. Haydon, H. N. Wieman, and B. E. Meland. |