A Social Gospel for Millions: The Religious Bestsellers of Charles Sheldon, Charles Gordon, and Harold Bell Wright

by John P. Ferré and John Ferre

Book Overview

In the twentieth century Marxism challenged laissez-faire economics, psychoanalysis reinterpreted the processes of thought, and evolution discredited the idea of creation. These changes profoundly affected American Protestantism. Ferr? examines the belief system that underlies what middle-class Protestants chose to read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879724382
• ISBN13: 9780879724382
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"