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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 169 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-163) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423735676 9781423735670 1601299222 9781601299222 9780195082432 0195082435 |