John Williamson Nevin, American Theologian (Hardcover)

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. Richard Wentz provides a kind of post-modern perspective on Nevin, presenting him as a distinctively American thinker, rather than as a reactionary romantic. Although influenced by German philosophy, historical studies, and theology, Nevin's thought was a profound response to the American public context of his day. He was, in many respects, a public theologian, judging the prevailing development of American Christianity as a new religion that was fashioning its own disintegration and that of American culture at large. Nevin's reinterpretation of catholicity in the American context opened the way for a radical understanding of religion and of American public life.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Religion in America
Release date:	May 1997
First published:	March 1997
Authors:	Richard E. Wentz (Professor of Religious Studies)
Dimensions:	244 x 165 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	178
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-508243-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches Promotions
LSN:	0-19-508243-5
Barcode:	9780195082432

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