Protestantism and Progress A Historical Study of the Relation of Protestantism to the Modern World

Octavo 210pp. Work by 19th/early 20thc. liberal German theologian. From author's preface: ".it seeks to determine how much the Modern Spirit actually owes to Protestantism, and how much it has received from other sources, or, again, has produces as new from its own essence. Only when this purely causal investigation has been completed is a comparison entered upon between the essential character of Protestantism and the Modern Spirit, in order to determine how far community of idea, and how far opposition, is present, and how far the oppositions are reconcilable or otherwise. Hence it is the essential characteristic of this book to treat the questions which it raises not merely on dogmatic and metaphysical, but also on practical grounds--ethical, political, and economic." #00502. very good: toning and age wear to cover, spine crease, some underlining in section on Economic Organisation, otherwise clean. binding intact.