Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Named Person: | John Williamson Nevin; John W Nevin; John Williamson Nevin |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard E Wentz |
| ISBN: | 0195082435 9780195082432 |
| OCLC Number: | 34411600 |
| Description: | viii, 169 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Series Title: | Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) |
| Responsibility: | Richard E. Wentz. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
This study of the life and thought of John Williamson Nevin (1803-1886) offers a revised interpretation of an important nineteenth-century religious thinker. Along with the historian, Phillip Schaff, Nevin was a leading exponent of what became known as the Mercersburg Movement, named for the college and theological seminary of the German Reformed Church located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. The story is a neglected aspect of American studies. Wentz provides a kind of post-modern perspective on Nevin, presenting him as a distinctively American thinker, rather than as a reactionary romantic. Although influenced by German philosophy, historical studies, and theology , Nevin's thought was a profound response to the American public context of his day. He was, in many respects, a public theologian, judging the prevailing development of American Christianity as a new religion that was fashioning its own disintegration and that of American culture at large. Nevin's reinterpretation of catholicity in the American context opened the way for a radical understanding of religion and of American public life.
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "John Williamson Nevin : American theologian".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(9)
- Nevin, John Williamson, -- 1803-1886.
- Theologians -- United States -- Biography.
- Reformed Church -- United States -- Doctrines -- History -- 19th century.
- Mercersburg theology.
- Nevin, John W. -- (John Williamson), -- 1803-1886.
- Theologie.
- Godsdienstige bewegingen.
- Nevin, John Williamson
- Biographie
User lists with this item (2)
- TE DEUM The Church and Music(482 items)
by 066569 updated 2012-03-13
- Religion in America (OUP)(63 items)
by paul.commonplaces updated 2011-07-25

