The Puritan as Yankee : a life of Horace Bushnell

書誌事項

The Puritan as Yankee : a life of Horace Bushnell

Robert Bruce Mullin ; [foreword by Allen C. Guelzo]

(Library of religious biography)

W.B. Eerdmans, c2002

  • : pbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 3

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-285) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

"Horace Bushnell (1802-76), the much maligned 19th-century liberal pastor/scholar/ theologian, is here vindicated as a deeply conservative Puritan and misunderstood intellectual of his time. In this biography, Mullin (General Theological Seminary) considers Bushnell in the context of his time and milieu. While calling him a "flinty character," Mullin argues that Bushnell was quintessentially a Yankee and a Puritan, seeking innovation yet all the while sustained by a bedrock trust in the values and continuity of the Puritan tradition. Mullin places great emphasis on Bushnell's European travels as well as his writings (published as well as unpublished) from 1846 to early 1849, where he finds him working through his concerns for the lost unity of the Puritans. These ideas fed into Bushnell's sense that "the fractiousness of American political life was an outgrowth of the New Light piety," an evangelical piety that stressed individualism over community. Sophisticated, well informed, and challenging, this first biography of Bushnell in 50 years requires some awareness of American religious history. Recommended for all religion and early American history collections." - Library Journal

「Nielsen BookData」 より

関連文献: 1件中  1-1を表示

詳細情報

ページトップへ