Theology in America: The Major Protestant Voices from Puritanism to Neo-Orthodoxy

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Sydney E. Ahlstrom
Hackett Publishing, Jan 1, 2003 - History - 630 pages

Covering nearly 300 years of American religious writing, this anthology compiles selections from thirteen notable thinkers--including Thomas Hooker, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Hodge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Josiah Royce, William James and H. Richard Niebuhr--to reveal the vital and creative history of Protestant theology in America.

In his substantial Introduction, Sydney Ahlstrom relates the history of American theology in broad and accessible terms, tackling his subject with characteristic clarity, passion, and intellectual rectitude.

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Contents

Introduction 383
23
Selected Bibliography
93
THOMAS HOOKER 15861647
111
JONATHAN EDWARDS 17031758
149
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING 17801842
193
NATHANIEL WILLIAM TAYLOR 17861858
211
RALPH WALDO EMERSON 18031882
293
HORACE BUSHNELL 18021876
317
JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN 18031886
371
CHARLES PORTERFIELD KRAUTH 18231883
427
JOSIAH ROYCE 18551916
461
WILLIAM JAMES 18421910
493
WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH 18611918
531
H RICHARD NIEBUHR 18941962
587
Index
619
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Sydney E. Ahlstrom was Professor of American Studies and History and Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University.

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