Church History in an Age of Uncertainty: Historiographical Patterns in the United States, 1906 - 1990

Bowden, Professor Henry W.

ISBN 10: 0809316218 / ISBN 13: 9780809316212

Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Church History in an Age of Uncertainty: Historiographical Patterns in the United States, 1906 - 1990
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809316218
• ISBN 13: 9780809316212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Essential to Catholic, Protestant, and even secular scholars of American religious history this is the first historiographical analysis of the work of Henry K. Rowe, James H. Nichols, Leonard J. Trinterud, H. Shelton Smith, John T. McNeill, Herbert W. Schneider, Robert T. Handy, John T. Ellis, and Jaroslav Pelikan.

 

Aware that every generation rewrites history, Bowden bases his investigation of major twentieth-century church historians on two questions: Why are young historians dissatisfied with earlier treatments? What leads them to believe their version is better?

 

Henry Warner Bowden’s extensive bibliography includes A Century of Church History: The Legacy of Philip Schaff.

About the Author

Henry Warner Bowden is Professor of Religion at Rutgers University.