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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313221596

ISBN-139780313221590

eBay Product ID (ePID)95591

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCongregationalists

SubjectChristianity / Protestant, General, History

Publication Year1990

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorJ. William T. Youngs

SeriesDenominations in America Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN89-078411

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"This comparatively brief book covers four centuries and two continents in an accessible style. Carefully researched, it offers rich insights into the livesof the famous and the obscure, fleshing out in biographical detail the faith, hopes and fears of a pilgrim people."-Theological Book Review, 'This comparatively brief book covers four centuries and two continents in an accessible style. Carefully researched, it offers rich insights into the livesof the famous and the obscure, fleshing out in biographical detail the faith, hopes and fears of a pilgrim people.'-Theological Book Review, "This comparatively brief book covers four centuries and two continents in an accessible style. Carefully researched, it offers rich insights into the livesof the famous and the obscure, fleshing out in biographical detail the faith, hopes and fears of a pilgrim people."- Theological Book Review, "This comparatively brief book covers four centuries and two continents in an accessible style. Carefully researched, it offers rich insights into the livesof the famous and the obscure, fleshing out in biographical detail the faith, hopes and fears of a pilgrim people." Theological Book Review

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Volume NumberVol. 4

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal285.8/73

Table Of ContentSeries Foreword Preface The Congregationalists: A History The Congregationalists: A Summary Overview The English Background The New England Way Declension and Awakening Revivalism and Rationalism New Divinity and a New Nation Expansion and Reform Progressive Orthodoxy The Social Gospel The Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary of Congregationalist Leaders Abbreviations for Standard Reference Sources Bibliographic Entries Appendix: Chronology Biographical Essay Index

SynopsisA chronological survey of Congregationalism throughout the course of its history and a collection of biographies of significant Congregationalists form the core of this reference/volume. J. William T. Youngs demonstrates how the Puritan way of seeing God, humanity, and salvation has continued to influence Americans and how the unique spiritual sensibility of the early Puritans endured throughout the Colonial period and long afterwards. The volume is divided into two parts. Part One contains a ten-chapter historical essay that summarizes basic information about the Church and also provides original interpretations of particular episodes in Church history or on Congregationalism as a whole, offering new insights and ideas about such issues as the genesis of the idea of "visible saints" and the significance of Horace Bushnell. The continuity of Congregationalism from colonial times through the 19th and 20th centuries is stressed. Part Two, the biographical dictionary, emphasizes the personal experiences of Congregationalists, and several score representative lives, both ministers and lay persons, famous and ordinary, illustrate and amplify points made in Part One. This exploration of the personal spiritual experiences of John Winthrop, Jonathan Edwards, Horace Bushnell, and others, based on autobiographies, funeral sermons, books, and journals, conveys a feeling for the religious life of Congregationalists. To enhance further study, the volume includes a separate bibliographic essay. As both a reference work and an interpretive essay, The Congregationalists provides a useful introduction to the Church for the general reader and will also provoke fellow scholars to consider new ways ofexploring Puritan history., A chronological survey of Congregationalism throughout the course of its history and a collection of biographies of significant Congregationalists form the core of this reference/volume. J. William T. Youngs demonstrates how the Puritan way of seeing God, humanity, and salvation has continued to influence Americans and how the unique spiritual sensibility of the early Puritans endured throughout the Colonial period and long afterwards. The volume is divided into two parts. Part One contains a ten-chapter historical essay that summarizes basic information about the Church and also provides original interpretations of particular episodes in Church history or on Congregationalism as a whole, offering new insights and ideas about such issues as the genesis of the idea of visible saints and the significance of Horace Bushnell. The continuity of Congregationalism from colonial times through the 19th and 20th centuries is stressed. Part Two, the biographical dictionary, emphasizes the personal experiences of Congregationalists, and several score representative lives, both ministers and lay persons, famous and ordinary, illustrate and amplify points made in Part One. This exploration of the personal spiritual experiences of John Winthrop, Jonathan Edwards, Horace Bushnell, and others, based on autobiographies, funeral sermons, books, and journals, conveys a feeling for the religious life of Congregationalists. To enhance further study, the volume includes a separate bibliographic essay. As both a reference work and an interpretive essay, The Congregationalists provides a useful introduction to the Church for the general reader and will also provoke fellow scholars to consider new ways of exploring Puritan history., Youngs demonstrates how the Puritan way of seeing God, humanity, and salvation has continued to influence Americans and how the unique spiritual sensibility of the early Puritans endured throughout the colonial period and long afterwards.

LC Classification NumberBX7135