Theology in America : Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War.
Holifield, E. Brooks.
Theology in America : Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (630 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Theology in America -- Part 1. Calvinist Origins -- 2 The New England Calvinists -- 3 Rationalism Resisted -- 4 Nature, the Supernatural, and Virtue -- 5 Jonathan Edwards -- 6 Fragmentation in New England -- Part 2. The Baconian Style -- 7 The Deists -- 8 Evidential Christianity -- 9 Unitarian Virtue -- 10 Universal Salvation -- 11 Episcopal Theology and Tradition -- 12 Methodist Perfection -- 13 The Baptists and Calvinist Diversity -- 14 Restoration -- 15 Roots of Black Theology -- 16 The Immediacy of Revelation -- 17 Calvinism Revised -- 18 ''True Calvinism'' Defended -- Part 3. Alternatives to Baconian Reason -- 19 Lutherans: Reason, Revival, and Confession -- 20 Catholics: Reason and the Church -- 21 The Transcendentalists: Intuition -- 22 Horace Bushnell: Christian Comprehensiveness -- 23 The Mercersburg Theology: Communal Reason -- 24 Orestes Brownson and Isaac Hecker: Transcendental Catholicism -- 25 The Dilemma of Slavery -- 26 Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Theology in America".
9780300129731
United States -- Religion.
Electronic books.
BT30.U6H65 2003
230/.0973
Theology in America : Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (630 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Theology in America -- Part 1. Calvinist Origins -- 2 The New England Calvinists -- 3 Rationalism Resisted -- 4 Nature, the Supernatural, and Virtue -- 5 Jonathan Edwards -- 6 Fragmentation in New England -- Part 2. The Baconian Style -- 7 The Deists -- 8 Evidential Christianity -- 9 Unitarian Virtue -- 10 Universal Salvation -- 11 Episcopal Theology and Tradition -- 12 Methodist Perfection -- 13 The Baptists and Calvinist Diversity -- 14 Restoration -- 15 Roots of Black Theology -- 16 The Immediacy of Revelation -- 17 Calvinism Revised -- 18 ''True Calvinism'' Defended -- Part 3. Alternatives to Baconian Reason -- 19 Lutherans: Reason, Revival, and Confession -- 20 Catholics: Reason and the Church -- 21 The Transcendentalists: Intuition -- 22 Horace Bushnell: Christian Comprehensiveness -- 23 The Mercersburg Theology: Communal Reason -- 24 Orestes Brownson and Isaac Hecker: Transcendental Catholicism -- 25 The Dilemma of Slavery -- 26 Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Theology in America".
9780300129731
United States -- Religion.
Electronic books.
BT30.U6H65 2003
230/.0973