The Changing Shape of English Nonconformity, 1825-1925

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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This book studies the development of a pattern of education for ministry within nineteenth-century English evangelical Nonconformity. This development played a major role in the emergence of discussions on the nature of ministry while also influencing thought on religious authority, theological reconstruction, and religious identity. Johnson argues that too many interpretations of this facet of Nonconformity's history (especially those concerning the Congregationalist, Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian traditions) have tended to regard such development as a decline from earlier pinnacles of religious vitality and appeal. His book instead considers this phase a serious and necessary effort on the part of Nonconformity to come to terms with modernity while also retaining a responsible understanding of what it meant to be evangelical.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-03-11
Mått163 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford University Press
Antal sidor272
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195121636

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IntroductionPart I. "Factories of Preachers and Pastors": The Nonconformist Engagement with Theological Education1: Modest Beginnings2: Evaluation and Reform3: The Methodist Quest for an Educated Ministry4: Piety, Education, and MinistryPart II. Ministry and Theology in a New Age: The Nonconformist Engagement with Its Message and with the Culture5: The Ministry Required by the Age6: The Shifting Sands of Religious Authority7: Theology and the Task of Reconstruction8: Nonconformity and Identity: Beyond the Chilling Mists of ControversyConclusion