the theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, Billy Graham, and Paul Tillich in an age of anxietyFinstuen, Andrew S.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.ncuChapel Hill, NCUniversity of North Carolina Press2009monographiceng1 online resource (x, 255 pages)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.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.Andrew S. Finstuen.Includes bibliographical references and index.Niebuhr, Reinhold1892-1971Graham, Billy1918-2018Tillich, Paul1886-1965Graham, Billy1918-2018Niebuhr, Reinhold1892-1971Tillich, Paul1886-1965Tillich, PaulNiebuhr, ReinholdGraham, BillySin, OriginalHistory of doctrines20th centuryRELIGIONChristian TheologyGeneralSin, OriginalHistory of doctrinesEvangelische TheologieErbsündeSystematische TheologieUSA 1900-1999 fast BT720 .F56 2009eb233/.14Finstuen, Andrew S.Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 2009(DLC) 200902244897814696045721469604574080783336397808078333609780807898536080789853822573/ctt636k7 JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=358025http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=358025E7B09060220200709055337.0ocn646872617eng