Bøker av Yaacov Oved

H. Richard Niebuhr's powerful interpretation of Ernst Troeltsch has shaped our view of the man for over seventy years. Troeltsch is one of the most respected and renowned figures in liberal Protestant thought

This extraordinary history of the Bruderhof shows how its commitment to religion, family, and community has enabled it to maintain its way of life since its inception over ninety years ago

This extraordinary history of the Bruderhof shows how its commitment to religion, family, and community has enabled it to maintain its way of life since its inception over ninety years ago

The author reconstructs the historical context in which Troeltsch wrote his landmark THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES and reinterprets it in relation to that context. Benson shows that Troeltsch's Christianity legitimised class, religious and gender inequality in response to the challenges of social democracy.