The Making Of American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, And Postmodernity 1950-2005.(Book review)

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THE MAKING OF AMERICAN LIBERAL THEOLOGY: CRISIS, IRONY, AND POSTMODERNITY 1950-2005. By Gary Dorrien. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006. Pp. xiv + 653.

This is the final volume in Dorrien's admirable three-volume history of American liberal theology (the previous two covered 1805 to 1900 and 1900 to 1950, respectively). Here D.'s task is especially difficult, first, because the jury is still out on whether the latter half of the 20th century produced an American theologian or philosopher of religion of enduring influence. Certainly there are some who did valuable work. ...

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