Theologians & Religious Scholars - Biography
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Overview
This ... biography touches every major phase of religious leadership in the second half of the nineteenth century. It focuses on a Swiss-born, German-educated, adopted American whose interests spanned an impressively broad range, especially church history and ecumenical understanding. The author penetrates beneath the surface of institutional topics to portray the human qualities of the central persona. Philip Schaff was gregarious as well as cloistered, a person of travels as well as libraries. This modern portrait shows his many interests and attachments, his dynamic intellectual interests, and his avid pursuit of experiences on three continents. It enhances our appreciation of the full range of individual, family, and professional involvements. This sensitive account affords unprecedented insight into one of the giant intellects that fostered many of the special field of inquiry that continue to the present day.Book Details
Published
May 1, 2003
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780865548596