Jonathan Dickinson And The Formative Years Of American Presbyterianism
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Author |
: Bryan F. Le Beau |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2021-12-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813193823 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813193826 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jonathan Dickinson and the Formative Years of American Presbyterianism by : Bryan F. Le Beau
During the eighteenth century Presbyterians of the Middle Colonies were separated by divergent allegiances, mostly associated with groups migrating from New England with an English Puritan background and from northern Ireland with a Scotch-lrish tradition. Those differences led first to a fiery ordeal of ecclesiastical controversy and then to a spiritual awakening and a blending of diversity into a new order, American Presbyterianism. Several men stand out not only for having been tested by this ordeal but also for having made real contributions to the new order that arose from the controversy. The most important of these was Jonathan Dickinson. Bryan Le Beau has written the first book on Dickinson, whom historians have called "the most powerful mind in his generation of American divines." One of the founders of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and its first president, Dickinson was a central figure during the First Great Awakening and one of the leading lights of colonial religious life. Le Beau examines Dickinson's writings and actions, showing him to have been a driving force in forming the American Presbyterian Church, accommodating diverse traditions in the early church, and resolving the classic dilemma of American religious history—the simultaneous longing for freedom of conscience and the need for order. This account of Dickinson's life and writings provides a rare window into a time of intense turmoil and creativity in American religious history.
Author |
: Timothy L. Hall |
Publisher |
: Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 449 |
Release |
: 2014-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438108063 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1438108060 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Religious Leaders by : Timothy L. Hall
Profiles the lives and achievements of more than 270 spiritual leaders, arranged alphabetically, who made major contributions to the history of American religious life.
Author |
: John R. Shook |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 1249 |
Release |
: 2012-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441167316 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441167315 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dictionary of Early American Philosophers by : John R. Shook
The Dictionary of Early American Philosophers, which contains over 400 entries by nearly 300 authors, provides an account of philosophical thought in the United States and Canada between 1600 and 1860. The label of "philosopher" has been broadly applied in this Dictionary to intellectuals who have made philosophical contributions regardless of academic career or professional title. Most figures were not academic philosophers, as few such positions existed then, but they did work on philosophical issues and explored philosophical questions involved in such fields as pedagogy, rhetoric, the arts, history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, medicine, anthropology, religion, metaphysics, and the natural sciences. Each entry begins with biographical and career information, and continues with a discussion of the subject's writings, teaching, and thought. A cross-referencing system refers the reader to other entries. The concluding bibliography lists significant publications by the subject, posthumous editions and collected works, and further reading about the subject.
Author |
: Gideon Mailer |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 440 |
Release |
: 2016-11-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469628196 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469628198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis John Witherspoon's American Revolution by : Gideon Mailer
In 1768, John Witherspoon, Presbyterian leader of the evangelical Popular party faction in the Scottish Kirk, became the College of New Jersey's sixth president. At Princeton, he mentored constitutional architect James Madison; as a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress, he was the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence. Although Witherspoon is often thought to be the chief conduit of moral sense philosophy in America, Mailer's comprehensive analysis of this founding father's writings demonstrates the resilience of his evangelical beliefs. Witherspoon's Presbyterian evangelicalism competed with, combined with, and even superseded the civic influence of Scottish Enlightenment thought in the British Atlantic world. John Witherspoon's American Revolution examines the connection between patriot discourse and long-standing debates--already central to the 1707 Act of Union--about the relationship among piety, moral philosophy, and political unionism. In Witherspoon's mind, Americans became different from other British subjects because more of them had been awakened to the sin they shared with all people. Paradoxically, acute consciousness of their moral depravity legitimized their move to independence by making it a concerted moral action urged by the Holy Spirit. Mailer's exploration of Witherspoon's thought and influence suggests that, for the founders in his circle, civic virtue rested on personal religious awakening.
Author |
: Gary Scott Smith |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 636 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190608392 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190608390 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism by : Gary Scott Smith
The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism provides a state of the art reference tool written by leading scholars in the fields of religious studies and history.
Author |
: S. Donald Fortson III |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2007-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781630878641 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1630878642 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Colonial Presbyterianism by : S. Donald Fortson III
Colonial Presbyterianism is a collection of essays that tell the story of the Presbyterian Church during its formative years in America. The book brings together research from a broad group of scholars into an accessible format for laymen, clergy, and scholars. Through a survey of important personalities and events, the contributors offer a compelling narrative that will be of interest to Presbyterians and all persons interested in colonial America's religious experience. The clergy described in these essays made a lasting impact on their generation both within the church and in the emerging ethos of a new nation. The ecclesiastical issues that surfaced during this period have tended to be the perennial issues with which Presbyterians have been concerned ever since that time. Now at the three-hundredth anniversary of Presbyterian organization in America, Colonial Presbyterianism is a timely reengagement with the old faith for a new day.
Author |
: Mark G. Spencer |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 1257 |
Release |
: 2015-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826479693 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826479693 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment by : Mark G. Spencer
The first reference work on one of the key subjects in American history, filling an important gap in the literature, with over 500 original essays.
Author |
: Mark G. Spencer |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 1257 |
Release |
: 2015-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474249805 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474249809 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment by : Mark G. Spencer
The first reference work on one of the key subjects in American history, filling an important gap in the literature, with over 500 original essays.
Author |
: Roger L. Geiger |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 584 |
Release |
: 2016-09-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691173061 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691173060 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of American Higher Education by : Roger L. Geiger
This book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II. The author traces how colleges and universities were shaped by the shifting influences of culture, the emergence of new career opportunities, and the unrelenting advancement of knowledge. He describes how colonial colleges developed a unified yet diverse educational tradition capable of weathering the social upheaval of the Revolution as well as the evangelical fervor of the Second Great Awakening. He shows how the character of college education in different regions diverged significantly in the years leading up to the Civil War - for example, the state universities of the antebellum South were dominated by the sons of planters and their culture - and how higher education was later revolutionized by the land-grant movement, the growth of academic professionalism, and the transformation of campus life by students. By the beginning of the Second World War, the standard American university had taken shape, setting the stage for the postwar education boom. The author moves through each era, exploring the growth of higher education.
Author |
: Bradley J. Longfield |
Publisher |
: Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages |
: 278 |
Release |
: 2013-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780664231569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 066423156X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Presbyterians and American Culture by : Bradley J. Longfield
This book provides a history of Presbyterians in American culture from the early eighteenth to the late twentieth century. Longfield assesses both the theological and cultural development of American Presbyterianism, with particular focus on the mainline tradition that is expressed most prominently in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He explores how Presbyterian churches--and individuals rooted in those churches--influenced and were influenced by the values, attitudes, perspectives, beliefs, and ideals assumed by Americans in the course of American history. The book will serve as an important introduction to Presbyterian history that will interest historians, students, and church leaders alike.