The Presbyterians
Published on 26. January 1993
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-313-26084-1 (ISBN)
Description
This addition to the Denominations in America series surveys the history of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and includes a biographical dictionary of its principal figures. The work begins with a narrative survey of the history of the Presbyterian tradition from its roots in Europe to its manifestations in contemporary America. The biographical dictionary that follows contains alphabetically arranged profiles of traditional clergymen, along with sketches of leaders who were instrumental in shaping the American Presbyterian tradition. The reference concludes with a chronology and an insightful bibliographic essay.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-313-26084-1 (9780313260841)
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RANDALL BALMER is Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and is the author of a A Perfect Babel of Confusion: Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies (1989) and Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: A Journey into Evangelical Subculture in America (1989).
JOHN R. FITZMIER is Associate Dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. An authority on American religious history, his special interest include the separation of Church and State and Jonathan Edwards. He has contributed to several books, and his articles have appeared in journals such as the Religious Studies Review.
JOHN R. FITZMIER is Associate Dean of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. An authority on American religious history, his special interest include the separation of Church and State and Jonathan Edwards. He has contributed to several books, and his articles have appeared in journals such as the Religious Studies Review.
Content
Series Foreword Preface Part One: The Presbyterian Tradition in America Reformed Theology and the Development of Presbyterianism The Colonial Era Northern Presbyterianism in the Nineteenth Century Southern Presbyterianism in the Nineteenth Century American Presbyterianism to the Mid-Twentieth Century American Presbyterianism in an Ecumenical Age Part Two: A Biographical Dictionary of Presbyterian Leaders Abbreviations Used in This Volume A Chronology of American Presbyterianism Bibliographic Essay Index