This is your hour : Christian intellectuals in Britain and the Crisis of Europe, 1937-49 /

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"Amid the growing political darkness of the late 1930s, a group of mostly Christian intellectuals met to diagnose the crises facing Europe and propose solutions. Assembled by leading missionary and ecumenist Joseph H. Oldham, it included prominent writers, thinkers and activists, notably T. S....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wood, J. Carter (John Carter), 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
History.
Popular culture.
Manners and customs.
Intellectual life.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century.
History Of Ideas.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Moeurs et coutumes.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle.
Great Britain > Social life and customs.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Electronic books
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • The meetings of 'the Moot'
  • Introduction: 'This is your hour'
  • 1. The 'Oldham group', 1937-49: people, organisations and aims
  • 2. Explorations on the frontier, I Faith and the social order
  • 3. Explorations on the frontier, II Engaging with 'the secular'
  • 4. Between mammon and Marx: capitalism, Communism and 'planning for freedom'
  • 5. 'The rock of human sanity stands in the sea where it always stood': nationalism, universalism and Europe
  • 6. 'A new order of liberty': freedom, democracy and liberalism
  • 7. 'The democratizing of aristocracy': egalitarianism and elitism
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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