How the Church Can Minister to the World Without Losing Itself.

New York, NY Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover First Edition [1964); so stated. First Edition [1964); so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: The Book shows light wear to the head and heel of the backstrip; mild rubbing to the corner tips, although the lower rear corner tip is mildly bumped; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Very close to 'As New'. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear. The DJ shows mild rubbing and faint consequent soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; light wear to extremities with a couple of short, closed tears to the bottom edge of the front panel; the price has been clipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.75 x 0.85 inches). viii, 150 pages. Index. Language: English. Weight: 12.5 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Langdon Gilkey (1919 – 2004)was an American Protestant ecumenical theologian. Gilkey obtained his doctorate in religion from Columbia University in New York, being both mentored by and a teaching assistant to Reinhold Niebuhr. His teachers, especially Niebuhr and Tillich, at Union Theological Seminary, helped him with methods and categories to formulate a powerful and creative theological vision of his own. During World War II, he was a prisoner of war in the "Civilian Internment Center" near Weihsien for two-and-a-half years. This experience led to his modern interpretation of classical Reformation insights about individual and societal estrangement and self-delusion. Gilkey's new theology of history rethought Christianity and traditional views on sin, free will, providence, grace, eschatology and secular history