Jonathan Dickinson and the formative years of American Presbyterianism
by Bryan F. LeBeau
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One of the founders of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and its first president, Dickinson was a central figure during the First Great Awakening and one of the leading lights of colonial religious life.
In this first-ever biography of the man, Bryan Le Beau examines Dickinson's writings and actions, showing him to have been a driving force in forming the American Presbyterian Church.
Dickinson accommodated diverse traditions in the early church and grappled with the classic dilemma of American religious history - the simultaneous longing for freedom of conscience and the need for order - as he addressed concerns central to the early American religious experience, including denominationalism and religious liberty. This account of Dickinson's life and writings provides a rare window into a time of intense turmoil and creativity in American religious history.
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Biography, Clergy, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterianisme, Presbyterianer, Presbyterian church, clergyPlaces
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Jonathan Dickinson and the formative years of American Presbyterianism
1997, University Press of Kentucky
in English
0813120268 9780813120263
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-247) and index.
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