Publisher's Synopsis
This study of controversial biblical scholar Charles Augustus Briggs aims to substantially revise the understanding of Briggs as an important figure in the world of late 19th-century theology. The author asserts that he made unique contributions to ecumenism which anticipated much of the present-day ecumenical dialogue. Briggs provides an example of the bridge between conservative and liberal Protestantism and between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism, and was an early precursor to the discussions on theological pluralism and church unity in vogue today.
