TY - BOOK AU - Finstuen,Andrew S. TI - Original sin and everyday Protestants: the theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, Billy Graham, and Paul Tillich in an age of anxiety SN - 9781469604572 AV - BT720 .F56 2009eb U1 - 233/.14 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chapel Hill, NC PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Niebuhr, Reinhold, KW - Graham, Billy, KW - Tillich, Paul, KW - Tillich, Paul. KW - Niebuhr, Reinhold. KW - Graham, Billy. KW - Sin, Original KW - History of doctrines KW - 20th century KW - Péché originel KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - 20e siècle KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Evangelische Theologie KW - gnd KW - Erbsünde KW - Systematische Theologie KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Protestantism in an age of anxiety : the captive and theological revivals of midcentury -- A curious trinity : the prophet, the evangelist, and the theologian -- Original sin : the only empirically verifiable doctrine of the Christian faith -- Reinhold Niebuhr, America's prophet-pastor -- Billy Graham, America's evangelist -- Paul Tillich, seelsorger in America N2 - Finstuen deals with the reception of original sin by the people in the pews. In the years following World War II, American Protestantism experienced tremendous growth, but conventional wisdom holds that midcentury Protestants practised an optimistic, progressive, complacent, and materialist faith. Finstuen argues against this view, showing that theological issues in general - and the ancient Christian doctrine of original sin in particular - became important to both the culture at large and to a generation of American Protestants during a postwar 'age of anxiety' as the Cold War took root UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=358025 ER -