The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780199938599
Description: The Christian Century is widely regarded as the most influential religious magazine in America for most of the twentieth century. Coffman traces its chronic financial struggles, evolving editorial positions, and often fractious relations among writers, editors, and readers. Until the late 1940s, the magazine spoke out about many of the most pressing social and political issues of the time; but by the 1950s, internal strife shattered the illusion of Protestant consensus.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Cultural capital; title: The formation of an editor-bishop; title: The Christian intelligentsia of all the churches; title: Two kinds of influence; title: A strain on the tie that binds; title: Protestants united; title: The contested center; title: Conclusion