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Children of wrath : New School Calvinism and antebellum reform / Leo P. Hirrel.
Van Pelt Library BX7252.N5 H57 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirrel, Leo P., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Haven theology.
- Calvinism--United States--History--19th century.
- Calvinism.
- Congregational churches--United States--History--19th century.
- Congregational churches.
- Church and social problems.
- History.
- Presbyterian Church.
- United States.
- Presbyterian Church--United States--History--19th century.
- Reformed Church--Political activity--United States.
- Reformed Church.
- Reformed Church--Political activity.
- Church and social problems--Reformed Church--History--19th century.
- Church and social problems--Reformed Church.
- Church and social problems--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Church history--19th century.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 248 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1998]
- Summary:
- In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth century, Leo Hirrel demonstrates the importance of religious ideas by exploring the relationship between religion and reform efforts during a crucial period in American history. The result is a work that moves the history of antebellum reform to a higher level of sophistication.
- Hirrel focuses upon New School Congregationalists and Presbyterians who served at the forefront of reform efforts and provided critical leadership to anti-Catholic, temperance, antislavery, and missionary movements. Their religion was an attempt to reconcile traditional Calvinist language with the prevalent intellectual trends of the time. New School theologians preserved Calvinist language about depravity, but they incorporated an assertion of nominal human ability to overcome sin and a belief in the fixed, immutable nature of truth.
- Describing both the origins of New School Calvinism and the specific reform activities that grew out of these beliefs, Hirrel provides a fresh perspective on the historical background of religious controversies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813120616
- OCLC:
- 38286647
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