The Making of American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, and Postmodernity, 1950-2005

by Gary J. Dorrien

Book Overview

In this concluding volume of his magisterial trilogy, Gary Dorrien sustains his previous definition of liberal theology and his mixture of theological, philosophical, and historical analysis, while emphasizing the unprecedented diversity of liberal theology in the postmodern age. Dorrien argues that liberal theology has been in crisis for the past half-century, yet despite the crisis, and also because of it, it has also experienced a "hidden renaissance"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664223567
• ISBN13: 9780664223564
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"