Kevin Deyoung

The Religious Formation of John Witherspoon (eBook, PDF)

Calvinism, Evangelicalism, and the Scottish Enlightenment

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland. It shows that there was considerable continuity of thought between Witherspoon's Scottish ministry and the second half of his career as one of America's Founding Fathers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000044737
• Artikelnr.: 58644144

Autorenporträt

Kevin DeYoung is the Senior Pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA) and an Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He blogs for The Gospel Coalition and has published more than a dozen books and a number of scholarly articles on theology, history, and Christianity.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Other notes on sources
Introduction John Witherspoon as Reformed Apologist
1 'The Sound, Calvinistic, Reformation Divinity' Witherspoon's Debt to Late Reformed Orthodoxy
2 'A Little Tinctured with Fanaticism' Witherspoon and the Rise of Evangelicalism
3 'How Is the Gold Become Dim!'Witherspoon's Ministry in the Church of Scotland
4 'An Age in Which Infidelity Greatly Prevails' Witherspoon and the Enlightenment
5 'The Calvinist Doctrines in Popular Form' Witherspoon's Work in America
Conclusion 'The Infinite Importance of the Salvation of Your Souls' Witherspoon the Politician and Preacher
Appendix Satirical Poem to the Presbytery of Paisley (c.1764)
Bibliography