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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822477803321

Autore

Griffin Edward M. <1937->

Titolo

Old Brick, Charles Chauncy of Boston, 1705-1787 / / by Edward M. Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1980

ISBN

0-8166-5777-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages) : portraits

Collana

Minnesota monographs in the humanities ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

285.8/32/0924

B

Soggetti

Congregational churches - Clergy

Clergy - Massachusetts - Boston

Boston (Mass.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The works of Charles Chauncy": p. 219-229.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER ONE: A BOSTON LAD -- CHAPTER TWO: THE YOUNG HARVARD SCHOLAR -- CHAPTER THREE: A "GODLY, FAITHFUL MAN -- CHAPTER FOUR: AFTER THE SURPRISING CONVERSIONS -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY GHOST -- CHAPTER SIX: WORDS IN SEASON -- CHAPTER SEVEN: AFTER THE GREAT AWAKENING -- CHAPTER EIGHT: A BODY OF DIVINITY -- CHAPTER NINE: LIBERTY, CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS -- CHAPTER TEN: DIVINITY, ZEAL, RANCOR, AND REVENGE -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: EXILE AND RETURN -- CHAPTER TWELVE: PUDDING AND PIES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- THE WORKS OF CHARLES CHAUNCY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Chauncy was a powerful and influential figure in his own time, but in historical accounts he has always been overshadowed by his contemporaries Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards.