About the Author

Clyde L Manschreck, having received his doctorate at Yale in historical theology, taught at Southern Methodist, Duke, Chicago Theological Seminary, and finally at Rice University in an endowed chair in religious studies.
He won numerous honors, including Ford, Guggenheim, and Fulbright awards. In addition to writing a number of books, he was a strong advocate of the US civil rights movement, Holocaust studies and ecumenical initiatives. In 1980 he received the Western Wisconsin Tree Farmer of the Year Award for having helped plant over 10,000 trees.

Reviews

I am rough, boisterous, stormy, and altogether warlike, ...but Master Philip (Melanchthon) comes along softly and gently sowing and watering with joy, according to the gifts which God has abundanatly bestowed upon him. Martin Luther