An Uncommon Christian

James Brainerd Taylor, Forgotten Evangelist in America's Second Great Awakening

Francis I. Kyle III

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Year: 2007
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781461677277
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

An Uncommon Christian seeks to show how and why James Brainerd Taylor (1801–1829) became a popular participant during America's Second Great Awakening, and why the Princeton graduate and Yale Seminary student grew to be a frequent example of evangelical Protestant spirituality and evangelistic passion long after his untimely death. Those interested in religious revivals, evangelism and missions, spirituality, early nineteenth-century American history, the integration of faith and action with university or seminary studies, or inspirational Christian biography will benefit from this exhaustive and long overdue book on a forgotten "hero" of the Protestant faith.

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Two Memoirs
• 2 Historical Context: Cultural, Philosophical, Theological
• 3 Connecticut and New York City, 1801–1819
• 4 Academy at Lawrenceville, 1820–1823
• 5 Princeton University, 1823–1826
• 6 Theological Seminary at Yale, 1827–1828
• 7 Activity in Revivals
• 8 Trips to the South and Death, March 1828–March 29, 1829
• 9 Spirituality of an Uncommon Christian
• A Chronology of the Life of James Brainerd Taylor
• B David Brainerd and James Brainerd Taylor: A Comparative Chart
• Bibliography