Standing against the whirlwind : evangelical Episcopalians in nineteenth-century America / / Diana Hochstedt Butler

• Autore: Bass Diana Butler <1959->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Disciplina: 283.73; 283/.73
• Soggetto topico: Evangelicalism - Episcopal Church - History - 19th century; Interdenominational cooperation - United States - History - 19th century
• Note generali: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University.; "The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize essay of the American Society of Church History for 1993."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-261) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. From Enthusiasm to Identity: An Evangelical Revolution in the Episcopal Church, 1740-1820; 2. The Evangelical Mission: The Spirit of True Christianity, 1820-1831; 3. Episcopal Distinctiveness: Fighting the Protestant Radicals, 1832-1838; 4. ""To Your Tents, O Israel!"": The Advance of ""Puseyism"" and the War Within the Church, 1839-1852; 5. Standing Up for Jesus: The Evangelical Episcopal Quest for Purity, 1853-1865; 6. ""The Ship in Tempest"": Rationalism, Ritualism, and the Post-Civil War Evangelical Worldview, 1866-1874; 7. Conclusion: Whither Evangelicalism?; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study shows that, contrary to common belief, the 19th-century American Episcopal Church contained a large evangelical party that was deeply indebted and closely related to both Anglican and early American interdenominational evangelicalism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Standing against the whirlwind
• ISBN: 0-19-774129-0; 1-280-44211-5; 0-19-535905-4; 1-4237-5859-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823775403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)