Servants of the kingdom : professionalization among ministers of the nineteenth-century Netherlands Reformed Church /

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Minister of the Word, shepherd and teacher--the titles of Dutch pastors exude authority and prestige. In the course of the nineteenth century, however, their social position was slowly undermined by the separation of church and state, the emancipation of Catholics and dissenters, and the rise of all...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bos, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Brill's series in church history ; d. 43.
Brill's series in church history. Religious history and culture series ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk > History > 19th century.
Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk
1800-1899
Clergy > Post-ordination training.
Career development.
Church and state > Netherlands.
Clergé > Formation après l'ordination.
Plan de carrière.
Église et État > Pays-Bas.
RELIGION > Christian Church > Leadership.
RELIGION > Leadership.
Career development
Church and state
Clergy > Post-ordination training
Netherlands
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Translator's Preface to the English Edition; Introduction; CHAPTER I. "For the Pulpit and Congregation"
  • The Work of Nineteenth-Century Ministers; CHAPTER II. "Officials with the Title of Prophet"
  • The Reformed Church in King William's Realm; CHAPTER III. The Light of Scholarship
  • Theologians, Academia, and the Church; CHAPTER IV. "The Young Cleric"
  • The Life of a Theology Student; CHAPTER V. "That Fellow with the White Bowtie"
  • Theologians in Dutch Literary Life; CHAPTER VI. "The Worst of the Five"
  • The Rise of the Young Doctor of Theology.

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