Robert H. Gardiner and the reunification of worldwide Christianity in the Progressive Era
By: John F. Woolverton.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Columbia, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780826216038
Subjects: Gardiner, Robert H. 1855-1924.; Ecumenists -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Biography of Robert Hallowell Gardiner III, Progressive Era leader of the Christian ecumenical movement, the Young Manhood Movement, and the World Council of Churches. Includes discussions of George Wharton Pepper, Francis Stetson, John R. Mott, Newman Smyth, Cardinal James Gibbons, Bishop Charles Henry Brent, Vida D. Scudder, and others"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The legacy of education : Fort Tejon, California, 1855-1916; title: The social gospel's "ham and pickle eaters" : Boston, 1893-1909; title: Parliaments and brotherhoods : Chicago, 1893; title: Faith and Order's troubled beginnings : Edinburgh, 1910; title: War and theology : Lake Constance, 1914; title: Improbable center of a worldwide movement : Gardiner, Maine, 1914-1924; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix : chronology of Robert Gardiner's life.