Ministerial Training in Eighteenth-Century New England / Mary Latimer Gambrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gambrell, Mary Latimer, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 428

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1937]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Describes a period of transition during the 18th century in the determination of ministerial character, and that of formal preparation for the pulpit.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

I. Puritan Theories of Clerical Education

II. Ministerial Training in Early New England

III. Eighteenth-Century Developments

IV. Collegiate Education

V. Graduate Study of Divinity at the Colleges

VI. The Schools of the Prophets

VII. Educational Procedure in the Schools of the Prophets

VIII. The Coming of the Theological Seminary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88656-X

OCLC:

1100456183