Princeton Seminary
Volume 1: Faith & Learning, 1812 - 1868
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Weight | 1.66 lbs |
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Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 1.4 in |
ISBN | 9780851516707 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
Topic | 19th Century, 20th century, Historical Theology |
Original Pub Date | 1994 |
Banner Pub Date | May 1, 1994 |
Page Count | 528 |
Format | Book |
ENDORSEMENTS
‘This splendid, thoroughly researched, two-volume history of Princeton Seminary reads like a novel. It tells the story of one of the key institutions that shaped the transformation of post-colonial, adolescent America into a world power, and that for the first time made the Christian faith global, carrying it literally to the uttermost ends of the earth. Calhoun has ‘the gift’, he makes historical characters spring to life. His story is more than the story of a theological seminary; it captures the essence of a whole century and a quarter (1812-1929) of the coming of age of America.’ — SAMUEL HUGH MOFFET
‘What a blessing for mind and heart!’ — ROBERT PETERSON, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY, COVENANT SEMINARY
Book Description
From modest beginnings in 1812, Princeton Seminary soon became an intellectual and theological school of great importance. Long before the death of its first professors its name was almost synonymous with erudite biblical exposition, carefully worked-out reformed theology and deep spirituality. Hundreds of ministers (Baptist as well as Presbyterian) and many outstanding missionaries passed through its lecture rooms, chapel services and communal fellowship to leave a permanent spiritual mark on the people whom they later served in the advance of the gospel. These
were men who believed that ‘preaching Christ is the best, hardest, sweetest work, on this side of beholding him.’ In this, the first of two volumes, we have the story with a wealth of detail and colour down to the year 1868. While the history of an institution, it is also a record of thought and action, trends and personalities. Backed by years of careful research, by his own long experience in the training of men for the ministry, David Calhoun has produced a work which must find a permanent place in the Christian literature of the English-speaking world.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
Foreword | xv | |
Preface | xix | |
1 | Nassau Hall | |
2 | The Seminary | 25 |
3 | Archibald Alexander | 41 |
4 | Samuel Miller | 61 |
5 | Faith and Energy | 75 |
6 | Charles Hodge | 103 |
7 | The Sabbath Afternoon Conference | 125 |
8 | The Concert for Prayer and the Society of Inquiry on Missions | 137 |
9 | School of the Prophets | 161 |
10 | The Seminary in the 1830s | 189 |
11 | The Old Doctrines of Calvinism | 211 |
12 | Our Beloved Zion | 237 |
13 | Old School Princeton | 257 |
14 | The Duty of Controversy | 289 |
15 | The Church and the Country | 321 |
16 | Two Great Lights | 333 |
17 | Our Elisha | 351 |
18 | Transitions | 375 |
19 | War and Peace | 389 |
APPENDICES | ||
1 | The Plan of a Theological Seminary | 413 |
2 | Bibliographical Note | 431 |
3 | Biographical Summaries of Faculty | 435 |
Notes | 441 | |
The Index to both volumes of this work will be found at the end of Volume 2. |
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