The Gentlemen Theologians: American Theology in Southern Culture 1795 - 1860

The Gentlemen Theologians: American Theology in Southern Culture 1795 - 1860
ISBN-10
1725220717
ISBN-13
9781725220713
Category
Religion
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2007-10-01
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
E. Brooks Holifield

Description

Professor Holifield locates the southern theologians in their broader American setting and in the context of European debates about reason, revelation, science, and moral philosophy. He thus explores a wide range of topics that clarify the history of southern--and American--religion: the presuppositions of liberalism and the logic of conservatism; the influence of Scottish Common-Sense Philosophers, British theologians, and German Biblical critics; the foundations and functions of southern social ethics; the didactic uses of ritual; and the continuing effort of nineteenth-century theologians to demonstrate the reasonableness of both the Christian religion and the whole natural order.

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