The United Synod of the South : the Southern New School Presbyterian Church
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The United Synod of the South : the Southern New School Presbyterian Church
（Contributions to the study of religion, no. 20）
Greenwood Press, 1988
Available at 4 libraries
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"A publication of the Presbyterian Historical Society."
Bibliography: p. [321]-339
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In histories of American Presbyterianism, the southern branch of the New School Church has received little attention despite its importance to church history as a whole. This new study provides a complete account of the southern church, tracing the events and controversies that led to schism, the founding of the United Synod, and eventual reunification with the Old School, South.
The author begins by reviewing the causes of the original and Old School-New School schism of 1837-1838 and the circumstances that gradually deepened the separation between the northern and southern wings of the New School. The emergence of United Synod of the South and its activities in the antebellum period and during the Civil War are considered next. The author concludes with a discussion of the final union with the Southern Presbyterian Church in 1864 and assesses the reasons why the southern New School/United Synod failed to grow and reach the potential of other Presbyterian churches of that day.
Table of Contents
The Great Division of 1837-1838 The Years of Decision in the South Southern New School Ecclesiastical Development The New School Denomination Emerges, 1840-1857 The Southern New School Develops The New School Deals With Slavery The Division of 1857 The Richmond Convention The Knoxville Meeting and Aftermath The United Synod Polity and Leaders The United Synod at Work, Antebellum The Years of the War Reunions with the Old School Post war Reactions to the Union Results of the Union The United Synod of the South: An Appraisal
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