John Williamson Nevin : American theologian
This study of the life and thought of John Williamson Nevin (1803-1886) offers a revised interpretation of an important nineteenth-century religious thinker. Along with the historian Phillip Schaff, Nevin was a leading exponent of what became known as the Mercersburg Movement, named for the college and theological seminary of the German Reformed Church located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. The story is a neglected aspect of American studies. Wentz provides a kind of post-modern perspective on Nevin, presenting him as a distinctively American thinker, rather than as a reactionary romantic. Alth
Biographies
1 online resource (viii, 169 pages).
9781423735670, 9781601299222, 9780195082432, 1423735676, 1601299222, 0195082435
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Introduction; One: The Likeness Preserved: The Life and Work of John Williamson Nevin; Two: What Is Systematic Theology?; The: Public Character of Theology; Four: A Radical arid Realized Catholicity; Five: Toward a Theology of History; Six: "A Theatre for the World": Nationalism and the American Republic; Seven: Beyond Sectarian Missions; Eight: A Transcript of Mystical Presence: Liturgy and the American Cultus; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W