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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
James H Moorhead |
| ISBN: | 9780802867520 0802867529 |
| OCLC Number: | 783141510 |
| Description: | xxii, 548 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Princeton: August 12, 1812 -- Founding of Princeton Seminary -- Archibald Alexander and Samuel Miller -- Learning and piety -- Professional theologians -- Princeton and the Presbyterian schism of 1837 -- Princeton, society, and pre-Civil War America -- Seminary, the Civil War, and Reconstruction -- Charles Hodge and the tradition codified -- William Henry Green and Biblical studies -- Princeton in the age of Warfield -- Hints of change and missionary visions -- Curriculum, conflict, and the seminary's mission -- Fundamentalist controversy and reorganization -- John A. Mackay: continuity and new direction -- Reshaping the seminary, 1936-1959 -- Princeton and deepening pluralism, 1959-2004 -- Princeton in the twenty-first century. |
| Responsibility: | James H. Moorhead. |
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Ronald C. White Jr.-- author of A. Lincoln: A Biography"Masterful! James Moorhead's bicentennial history offers both a wide-angle view of the place of Princeton Seminary in American culture and a zoom lens focusing on remarkable professors and presidents. Beginning with the founders' dual commitment to learning and piety, Moorhead deftly narrates Princeton's response to two centuries of theology and culture, illumined in different eras and through both conflict and consensus. Delightfully, alumni and friends will experience the rekindling of many memories, as well as the surprise of new stories and insights, all rendered in clear and compelling prose."Mark Valeri-- author of Heavenly Merchandize: How Religion Shaped Commerce in Puritan America"One of America's most influential theological institutions, Princeton Seminary deserves an updated, readable, reliable, and engaging history. James Moorhead has given us just that. . . . This book provides more than the story of a single seminary; it offers a window into mainstream American Protestantism from the early nation to the present."George Marsden-- author of Jonathan Edwards: A Life"Princeton Theological Seminary has been one of America's leading theological centers, and its saga involves many strong personalities and impressive thinkers. James Moorhead has told this important story well and provides much of interest that any reader will learn from."James Bratt-- author of the forthcoming Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat"Princeton Theological Seminary has played a role matched by few other institutions in the history of American Protestantism. This able and graceful bicentennial account by James Moorhead profiles the leading characters, intellectual currents, and steady religious commitments that have given Princeton Seminary its distinctive stamp. . . . To read this book is to walk down the middle of American religious history along the trail of a noble effort to combine faith and reason for the Read more...
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