Brahmin Prophet
Phillips Brooks and the Path of Liberal Protestantism
1st Edition
Published on 3. September 2003
256 pages
979-8-216-27084-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Reverend Phillips Brooks, author of the beloved Christmas Carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, was undeniably one of the most popular preachers of Gilded Age America. However, very few critical studies of his life and work exist. In this insightful book, Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in its proper historical, cultural, and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brooks's inspiration. The result is a fuller, richer portrait of this luminous figure and of this transitional era in American protestantism.
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11/2003
Rowman & Littlefield
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Gillis J. Harp is professor of history at Grove City College and the author of Positivist Republic: Auguste Comte and the Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1920.
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Early Years
Chapter 3 Phillips Brooks: Civil Warrior
Chapter 4 Tearing Down and Building Up
Chapter 5 A Prince of the Pulpit: Phillips Brooks and Nineteenth Century Preaching
Chapter 6 Close of the Century
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Chapter 2 Early Years
Chapter 3 Phillips Brooks: Civil Warrior
Chapter 4 Tearing Down and Building Up
Chapter 5 A Prince of the Pulpit: Phillips Brooks and Nineteenth Century Preaching
Chapter 6 Close of the Century
Chapter 7 Conclusion
