The Social Gospel of E. Nicholas Comfort: Founder of the Oklahoma School of Religion

By Robert C. Cottrell

Rev. E. Nicholas Comfort (1884-1955), a leading southwestern proponent of the social gospel, was the founder and director, between 1926 and 1946, of the Oklahoma School of Religion, one of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080612931X
• ISBN13: 9780806129310
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

History is made in surprising places by surprising people

Not all history is made by the likes of George Washington, Napolean, or Babe Ruth--larger than life individuals. Sometimes, lesser known luminaries from smaller locales make a significant mark. Such is the case with Nicholas Comfort, as shown exquisitely by Robert Cottrell. Professor Cottrell, the author of biographies about I.F. Stone and Roger Nash Baldwin, recounts in this carefully researched and beautifully told biography the story of a minor character in history who bravely stood up to larger forces. Comfort, a professor of religion at the University of Oklahoma, was ahead of his time--in a region not necessarily receptive to his mindset. For example, Comfort stood up against racism by confronting the KKK and befriending black leaders. He stood up to the powers of a people at war by supporting pascifism. Cottrell's biography depicts the actions of a brave man with unpopular convictions. This compelling biography is told with compassion, and again marks Cottrell as one of our most important biographers of the radical left.