Christopher H. Evans is Professor of History of Christianity and Methodist Studies in the School of Theology, Boston University. He is the author and editor of several books, including, The Faith of Fifty Million (2002), The Social Gospel Today (2001), and Histories of American Christianity (2013). In 2005, The Kingdom is Always but Coming won the ""Award of Merit"" for outstanding title in history/biography in Christianity Today magazine.
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Foreword, by Mark A. Noll Acknowledgments Introduction 1. In the Shadow of August Rauschenbusch 2. The Energetic American 3. Beneath the Glitter 4. Social Salvation 5. Rauschenbusch's Assisi 6. The Pleasures of Youth 7. The New Apostolate 8. A Psychological Moment 9. The Social Awakening 10. The Struggles of Kingdom Building 11. Social Redemption 12. A Few Brave Souls 13. The Little Gate to God Bibliography Index
"Timely and absorbing. Like the best in this genre, this biography brilliantly positions Rauschenbusch in his own era." --Harvey Cox, Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School "Splendid. A model of historical scholarship and theological analysis; it significantly strengthens our understanding of Rauschenbusch and his era." --Gary Dorrien, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary "Definitive. Evans presents the paradoxes and complexities of Rauschenbusch's life, thought, and action in ways that past biographers have not." --Rosemary Skinner Keller, Professor Emerita of Church History, Union Theological Seminary