Nathan Söderblom and the Study of Religion

by Eric J. Sharpe

Nathan Soderblom (1866 - 1931), the Swedish scholar, churchman, and winner of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize, was one of the early twentieth century's most influential Protestant thinkers. Christianity, he was convinced, had nothing to fear from close historical examination. For him, the religious ideal and the scientific ideal were one, and "truth" was something revealed in the historical process, inseparable from the conditions governing historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080786594X
• ISBN13: 9780807865941
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"