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T. E. Ruth (1875-1956): Preacher and Controversialist - Couverture souple

Manley, Ken R.

 
9781725299603: T. E. Ruth (1875-1956): Preacher and Controversialist
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1725299607 ISBN 13 : 9781725299603
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2021

Synopsis

T. E. Ruth (1875–1956) was one of the most controversial Baptist ministers ever to serve in Australia. After a successful career in England as preacher, pastor, and writer, Ruth came to the significant Collins Street Baptist Church in Melbourne in 1914. During the tumultuous years of the World War, Ruth cared for the bereaved and bewildered people in his congregation and in the city. He also led public debates about conscription, engaging in intense platform clashes with his Catholic opponent, Archbishop Daniel Mannix. He later moved to the Pitt Street Congregational Church in Sydney where he was soon involved in public opposition to the Labor premier J. T. Lang as well as becoming a popular columnist in the secular press.
To his critics he was a “sectarian bigot” and was mocked as “Ruthless Ruth”; to others, he was an ardent Empire loyalist, an admired and successful Protestant defender. Some critics accused him of being a Christian spiritualist and others have suggested that he formulated a theology for fascism. Ruth denounced millennial Adventism and hellfire eschatology as he affirmed universalism and a continuing spiritual development after death.
This fascinating study of a progressive thinker, public theologian, and controversialist illuminates one of the more divisive and formative periods in Australian religious and political life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ken R. Manley, Distinguished Professor of Church History at Whitley College, The University of Melbourne, retired as Principal of the College in 2000. He was a Vice-President of the Baptist World Alliance (2000-2005). His other books include, with M. Petras, 'The First Australian Baptists' (Sydney, 1981), 'In the Heart of Sydney: A History of Central Baptist Church 1836-1986' (Sydney, 1987), and "Redeeming Love Proclaim': John Rippon and the Baptists (SBHT vol 12, 2004).

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Éditeur
Wipf and Stock
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1725299607
ISBN 13 
9781725299603
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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