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aThe authors describe the complex congregation in exceedingly
careful detail, including a number of archival photographs that
bring the narrative to life. Unlike so many congregational
histories, difficult periods of tension and conflict are presented
alongside feel-good rehearsals of the glory days....The authors and
the congregation should be commended for this unique contribution
to the field of congregational studies. The research is
comprehensive.a
--"Sociology of Religion""There is much to commend it, and my
students will be glad to find such a readable book on their
syllabi."--"Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion"
"This is an excellent scholarly resource on liberal Protestant
church history and is recommended for all congregational
libraries."--"Church and Synagogue Libraries"
"A critical history, not a jingoistic celebration....scholarly
volume."
--"Spirit"
It was from the pulpit of the Riverside Church that Martin
Luther King, Jr., first publicly voiced his opposition to the
Vietnam War, that Nelson Mandela addressed U.S. church leaders
after his release from prison, and that speakers as diverse as
Cesar Chavez, Jesse Jackson, Desmond Tutu, Fidel Castro, and
Reinhold Niebuhr lectured church and nation about issues of the
day. The greatest of American preachers have served as senior
minister, including Harry Emerson Fosdick, Robert J. McCracken,
Ernest T. Campbell, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., and James A.
Forbes, Jr., and at one time the "New York Times" printed reports
of each Sunday's sermon in its Monday morning edition.
For seven decades the church has served as the premier model
ofProtestant liberalism in the United States. Its history
represents the movement from white Protestant hegemony to a
multiracial and multiethnic church that has been at the vanguard of
social justice advocacy, liberation theologies, gay and lesbian
ministries, peace studies, ethnic and racial dialogue, and
Jewish-Christian relations.
A collaborative effort by a stellar team of scholars, The
History of the Riverside Church in the City of New York offers a
critical history of this unique institution on Manhattan's Upper
West Side, including its cultural impact on New York City and
beyond, its outstanding preachers, and its architecture, and
assesses the shifting fortunes of religious progressivism in the
twentieth century.
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