The Right of the Protestant Left: God's Totalitarianism [Hardcover]

While serving as an introduction to ecumenical liberal Protestantism and the social gospel over the course of the twentieth-century this book also highlights certain totalitarian as well as more fundamental conservative tendencies within those movements.Growing Christendom': The Inheritance of Christian Realism, 1890-1932  'Seasoned Idealism': The Faith of Christian Realism, 1919-1933  'Evangelical Catholicism': Fixing Christian Realism in America, 1933-1939  A 'Christian Internationale': Christian Realism on the Frontlines of World Protestantism, 1928-1941  'Bringing Our World Together': The Dominion of Christian Realism, 1941-1945 'The World Is a Conflict': The Reverse Course of Christian Realism, 1945-1952  'Responsible Freedom': The Imagination of Christian Realism, 1948-1961 'The Humane Scale': The Situation of Christian Realism, 1950-1970 'The New Reformation': The Legacy of Christian Realism, 1962-1980  Epilogue: 'Good-by to Gothic?': The Relevance of Christian Realism

Mark Thomas Edwards's fascinating book examines the evolution of the old Protestant Left across the twentieth century as religious liberals worked to build a world church that could keep competing totalitarian regimes in check. The Right of the Protestant Left is a smart and valuable study that brings together work on religion, politics, foreign policy, and globalization. Edwards has made an important and lasting contribution to many fields. - Journal of American History

Recommended. - CHOICE

Edwards has provided us with a much-needed exploration of not only Realist thought, but also of Realist intent, and through his analysis has encouraged us to reconsider our tendency as scholars to rest easy upon the traditional dichotomies of left/right or liberal/conservative. Furthermore, his interpretation and recovery of the global ambition of the Realist project should give historians pause as we begls,