Christian thought from the age of the Puritans to the Civil War Holifield, E. Brooks. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History. ctu New Haven, CT Yale University Press ©2003 2003 monographic eng 1 online resource (ix, 617 pages) This volume is a comprehensive survey of early American Christian theology which encompasses scores of American theological traditions, schools of thought, and thinkers. Holifield examines mainstream Protestant and Catholic traditions as well as those of more marginal groups. He looks closely at the intricacies of American theology from 1636 to 1865 and considers the social and institutional settings for religious thought during this period. The book explores a range of themes, including the strand of Christian thought that sought to demonstrate the reasonableness of Christianity, the place of American theology within the larger European setting, the social location of theology in early America, and the special importance of the Calvinist traditions in the development of American theology. Broad in scope and deep in its insights, this book acquaints us with the full chorus of voices that contributed to theological conversation in America's early years. The New England Calvinists -- Rationalism resisted -- Nature, the supernatural, and virtue -- Jonathan Edwards -- Fragmentation in New England -- The deists -- Evidential Christianity -- Unitarian virtue -- Universal salvation -- Episcopal theology and tradition -- Methodist perfection -- The Baptists and Calvinist diversity -- Restoration -- Roots of black theology -- The immediacy of revelation -- Calvinism revised -- "True Calvinism" defended -- Lutherans : reason, revival, and confession -- Catholics : reason and the Church -- The transcendentalists : intuition -- Horace Bushnell : Christian comprehensiveness -- The Mercersburg theology : communal reason -- Orestes Brownson and Isaac Hecker : transcendental Catholicism -- The dilemma of slavery. E. Brooks Holifield. Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-595) and index. n-us--- Theology, Doctrinal United States History Christianity United States Theology, Doctrinal United States History United States Religion RELIGION Christianity General RELIGION Christian Theology Systematic RELIGION Christian Theology General Theology, Doctrinal United States Systematische theologie BT30.U6 H65 2003eb 230/.0973 Holifield, E. Brooks. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2003042289 (OCoLC)51768938 9780300129731 0300129734 1281730505 9781281730503 22573/ctt1134fz JSTOR 27C5D108-61B3-4E02-B34B-F534FE3C3871 OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=187672 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=187672 N$T 070517 20200709055136.0 ocn129480804 eng