The Oxford handbook of Presbyterianism / edited by Gary Scott Smith and P.C. Kemeny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Gary Scott, 1950- editor.

Kemeny, Paul Charles, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Oxford handbooks in religion.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presbyterian Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Handbook of Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.

System Details:

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Summary:

Presbyterianism emerged during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It spread from the British Isles to North America in the early eighteenth century. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Presbyterian denominations grew throughout the world. Today, there are an estimated 35 million Presbyterians in dozens of countries. This volume provides a state of the art reference tool written by leading scholars in the fields of religious studies and history.

Contents:

Presbyterians in Africa / Benhardt Yemo Quarshie

Twentieth- and Twenty First-Century North America / Bradley J. Longfield

The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy / Bradley J. Gundlach

Presbyterians in the British Isles and the European Continent / Ian J. Shaw

Presbyterians in Asia / Scott W. Sunquist, Peter Lim

Presbyterians in Latin America / Alderí Souza De Matos

Presbyterianism in Middle East / Kaley M. Carpenter

Presbyterian Polity / Jeffery S. McDonald

Presbyterian Confessions / Donald K. McKim

Doctrine of Sacraments / Gordon S. Mikoski

Doctrine of God / Ivor J. Davidson

Ecumenism / Louis B. Weeks

Women's Ordination / Margaret Bendroth

Presbyterians, Schisms, and Denominations / P. C. Kemeny

Doctrine of Humanity / Marguerite Shuster

Doctrine of Christ / William B. Evans

Doctrine of the Word of God / Michael S. Horton

Doctrine of the Church / Anna Case-Winters

Doctrine of the Holy Spirit / Richard Burnett

Predestination and Election / W. Andrew Hoffecker

Presbyterians and Neo-Orthodoxy / John P. Burgess

Presbyterians and the Charismatic and Pentecostal Movements / Michael McClymond

Presbyterians, Religious Diversity, and World Religions / Martha L. Moore-Keish

Presbyterians and Philosophy, Natural Theology, and Apologetics / David VanDrunen

Theology of Worship / Kimberly Bracken Long

Hymnody and Liturgy / Jonathan Hehn

Preaching / Thomas G. Long

Presbyterians and Ethics / Mark Douglas

Presbyterians and Church-State Relations / Mark A. Noll

Presbyterians Social Reform / Gary Scott Smith

Presbyterians and Higher Education / David S. Guthrie, R. Tyler Derreth

Introduction / Gary Scott Smith, P. C. Kemeny

Sixteenth-Century Origins / Gary Neal Hanson

Seventeenth Century and the Westminster Assembly / Chad van Dixhoorn

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century North America / Sean Michael Lucas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190608415

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Restricted for use by site license.