Although Gary Dorrien's first volume of this projected trilogy dedicated to the history of American liberal theology contains a tremendous amount of detail and some fascinating narratives of individualliberal ministers' and theologians' lives, its real contribution lies in its attempt to identify the essence of progressive Christianity in the United States. While other books have attempted to define liberal theology, none to date has set out so valiantly to identify its center as The Making ofAmerican Liberai Theology. Dorrien's work is packed with information about the lives and careers of the movers and shakers of the "New Theology" that later came to be called "liberal theology," induding
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