Morality for the "democracy of God": George Albert Coe and the liberal Protestant critique of American character education, 1917-1940

Religion and American Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-144

  Setran, David P ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 60950322051     PISSN: 10521151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/rac.2005.15.1.107     Document Type: Article

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