{"product_id":"christian-century-and-the-rise-elesha-j-coffman-9780199938599","title":"Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline\u003c\/em\u003e offers the first full-length, critical study of \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/em\u003e, widely regarded as the most influential religious magazine in America for most of the twentieth century and hailed by \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003eas \"Protestantism's most vigorous voice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElesha Coffman narrates the previously untold story of the magazine, exploring its chronic financial struggles, evolving editorial positions, and often fractious relations among writers, editors, and readers, as well as the central role it played in the rise of mainline Protestantism. Coffman situates this narrative within larger trends in American religion and society. Under the editorship of Charles Clayton Morrison from 1908-1947, the magazine spoke out about many of the most pressing social and political issues of the time, from child labor and women's suffrage to war, racism, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It published such luminaries as Jane Addams, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Martin Luther King Jr. and jostled with the \u003cem\u003eNation\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/em\u003e, as it sought to enlarge its readership and solidify its position as the voice of liberal Protestantism. But by the 1950s, internal strife between liberals and neo-orthodox and the rising challenge of Billy Graham's evangelicalism would shatter the illusion of Protestant consensus. The coalition of highly educated, theologically and politically liberal Protestants associated with the magazine made a strong case for their own status as shepherds of the American soul but failed to attract a popular following that matched their intellectual and cultural clout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegantly written and persuasively argued, \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant Mainline \u003c\/em\u003etakes readers inside one of the most important religious magazines of the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elesha J. Coffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199938598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199938599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.41w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2013 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2013 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013","brand":"Elesha J. Coffman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913407299839,"sku":"9780199938599","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_745a666c-d170-4215-bc5b-a3188a08e12a.jpg?v=1680620265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/christian-century-and-the-rise-elesha-j-coffman-9780199938599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}