Jonathan Dickinson and the Formative Years of American Presbyterianism [electronic resource] / Bryan F. Le Beau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeBeau, Bryan F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presbyterian Church--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Presbyterian Church.

Dickinson, Jonathan, 1688-1747.

Dickinson, Jonathan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the eighteenth century Presbyterians of the Middle Colonies were separated by divergent allegiances, mostly associated with groups migrating from New England with an English Puritan background and from northern Ireland with a Scotch-lrish tradition. Those differences led first to a fiery ordeal of ecclesiastical controversy and then to a spiritual awakening and a blending of diversity into a new order, American Presbyterianism. Several men stand out not only for having been tested by this ordeal but also for having made real contributions to the new order that arose from the controversy

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Becoming Established; 2. Accommodating Freedom of Conscience; 3. Defending the Need for Limits; 4. Dissenting on Matters of Church and State; 5. Arguing for the Reasonableness of Christianity; 6. Welcoming the Awakening; 7. Establishing the Moderate Awakening; 8. Defending the Moderate Awakening; 9. Founding the College of New Jersey; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-247) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-3308-4

0-8131-5938-5

OCLC:

900344596