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Revivalism and Social Christianity - The Prophetic Faith of Henri Nick and Andre Trocme (Paperback)
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Revivalism and Social Christianity - The Prophetic Faith of Henri Nick and Andre Trocme (Paperback)
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Synopsis: How does one become a "Righteous among the Nations"? In
the case of Henri Nick (1868-1954) and Andre Trocme (1901-1971),
two French Protestant pastors on whom that title was conferred by
Yad Vashem (Jerusalem) for their acts of solidarity toward
persecuted Jews, the answer seems to be: by being immersed, from an
early age, in the discourses and practices of social Christianity.
By focusing on the lives of two significant figures of
twentieth-century Christianity, this study, the first in English on
the Social Gospel in French Protestantism, presents a genealogy of
that movement, from its emergence in the last decades of the
nineteenth century to its high point, during World War II, in Le
Chambon-sur-Lignon, where Trocme and many people of that area of
southern France rescued hundreds of Jewish refugees. As social
Christians who prayed and worked for the coming of God's kingdom on
earth in the midst of a world torn by two world wars, Henri Nick
and Andre Trocme combined a deep revivalist faith with a concern
for the concrete conditions in which people live. They wished to
"save" others, and indeed they realized that intent in ways they
did not foresee. Endorsements: "People marvel that the folk at Le
Chambon took in the Jews. But what Chalamet helps us see is this
did not come out of the blue. Rather, this was made possible by
people such as Henri Nick and Jacques Kaltenbach, whose discovery
of the social dimensions of the gospel made Trocme possible. The
implications are clear--heroism is the outworking of lives that
never appear heroic." --Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological
Ethics, Duke Divinity School "Based on original archival research,
Chalamet richly fills in the background of the famous events at Le
Chambon, where the Christian community, led by Andre Trocme, saved
the lives of thousands of Jewish children during the Nazi
occupation of France. . . . Nonviolent social action and
spirituality were forged in a crucible of courage and suffering to
produce a new and compelling version of the Social Gospel."
--George Hunsinger, Professor of Systematic Theology, Princeton
Theological Seminary "This book helps us rediscover the deep
spiritual and social influence in the first half of the twentieth
century of the Protestant movement known as the Social Gospel. The
author unveils the ties between two great pastors, Henri Nick and
Andre Trocme, who sought to evangelize the workers and who
contributed to the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. The result
is a real contribution to the history of twentieth-century France."
--Patrick Cabanel, Professor of Late Modern History, University of
Toulouse-Le Mirail Author Biography: Christophe Chalamet is
associate professor of theology at the University of Geneva
(Switzerland). He is the author of Dialectical Theologians: Wilhelm
Herrmann, Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann (2005).
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