Theology in America
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Theology in America

Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War

  1. 640 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Theology in America

Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War

About this book

A magisterial work of American theological history—authoritative, insightful, and unparalleled in scope

This book, the most comprehensive survey of early American Christian theology ever written, encompasses scores of American theological traditions, schools of thought, and thinkers. E. Brooks Holifield examines mainstream Protestant and Catholic traditions as well as those of more marginal groups. He looks closely at the intricacies of American theology from 1636 to 1865 and considers the social and institutional settings for religious thought during this period. The book explores a range of themes, including the strand of Christian thought that sought to demonstrate the reasonableness of Christianity, the place of American theology within the larger European setting, the social location of theology in early America, and the special importance of the Calvinist traditions in the development of American theology. Broad in scope and deep in its insights, this magisterial book acquaints us with the full chorus of voices that contributed to theological conversation in America’s early years.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Introduction: Theology in America
  4. Part 1. Calvinist Origins
  5. 2. The New England Calvinists
  6. 3. Rationalism Resisted
  7. 4. Nature, the Supernatural, and Virtue
  8. 5. Jonathan Edwards
  9. 6. Fragmentation in New England
  10. Part 2. The Baconian Style
  11. 7. The Deists
  12. 8. Evidential Christianity
  13. 9. Unitarian Virtue
  14. 10. Universal Salvation
  15. 11. Episcopal Theology and Tradition
  16. 12. Methodist Perfection
  17. 13. The Baptists and Calvinist Diversity
  18. 14. Restoration
  19. 15. Roots of Black Theology
  20. 16. The Immediacy of Revelation
  21. 17. Calvinism Revised
  22. 18. ‘‘True Calvinism’’ Defended
  23. Part 3. Alternatives to Baconian Reason
  24. 19. Lutherans: Reason, Revival, and Confession
  25. 20. Catholics: Reason and the Church
  26. 21. The Transcendentalists: Intuition
  27. 22. Horace Bushnell: Christian Comprehensiveness
  28. 23. The Mercersburg Theology: Communal Reason
  29. 24. Orestes Brownson and Isaac Hecker: Transcendental Catholicism
  30. 25. The Dilemma of Slavery
  31. 26 Afterword
  32. Notes
  33. Index