"A significant contribution in synthesis. Stayer is part of a growing number of theologians and historians who are rehabilitating the nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century liberal theology of people like Adolf von Harnack and Ernst Troeltsch. His lively and engaging literary style of dealing with historical matters is wonderful - a pleasure to read." James Reimer, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Conrad Grebel College and Toronto School of Theology "The originality of Stayer's book consists of his drawing together disparate research and making sense of the whole, which he does with impressive sophistication and sensitivity. It was a joy to read; lucid, concise, and interesting." Denis Janz, Department of Religious Studies, Loyola University, New Orleans
