Protestant Thought in the Nineteenth Century, in Two Volumes: Volume I: 1799-1870; Volume II: 1870-1914

x, 325; xii, 315 pp. Two volume set. Volume I: ...provides a thematic account of the dominating theological concerns in three major geographical areas: Continental Europe (especially Germany), Great Britain, and the United States. The range of the discussion extends from conservative dogmatic theologians to influential literary religious thinkers such as Carlyle and Emerson, and to such theological critics as Feuerbach and Kierkegaard. Volume II: A comprehensive account of the principal Protestant theological concerns and writers from 1870 to World War I. Welch discusses both major and minor thinkers, placing them within such overarching themes as the nature of faith and the relationship of church and society.