| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 305 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Religion and American culture
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Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The world of an outsider -- An English Methodist shopkeeper's world, 1873-1891 -- Discovering new worlds in America, 1891-1898 -- Discovering the battle lines, 1898-1911 -- The increasing price of battle, 1912-1917 -- War without end, 1917-1920 -- A pragmatic holy warrior in the making, 1920-1929 -- The unraveling of radicalism : Ward and Niebuhr during the Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- More wars, 1939-1945 -- In the trenches with Jesus and Marx, 1946-1966 -- Epilogue: The legacy of Harry F. Ward. |
| Summary |
This biography illuminates the life of the controversial champion of Social Gospel in early 20th-century America. Harry F. Ward began life in a family of Methodist shopkeepers and butchers in London, but his pursuit of social justice would lead him to the US and a career of religious activism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966.
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Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966. |
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Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Methodist Church (U.S.) |
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Clergy. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Communists -- United States -- Biography.
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Communists. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Duke, David Nelson, 1950-2000. In the trenches with Jesus and Marx. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003 0817312463 9780817312466 (DLC) 2002010879 (OCoLC)50205569 |
| ISBN |
9780817382766 (electronic book) |
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0817382763 (electronic book) |
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9780817312466 |
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0817312463 |
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0817312463 (alkaline paper) |
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