Author: Abner Ralph KremerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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A Biographical Sketch of John Williamson Nevin...
Author: Abner Ralph KremerA Biographical Sketch of John Williamson Nevin
Author: A. KremerPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532779848
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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One of the most important works that has ever been published is the biography of JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN, written by his disciple and co-worker, THEODORE APPEL. It is the work of a ripe scholar and master of the great subject undertaken by him, and well has he performed his task. It is a work which required arduous painstaking and labor, though from first to last a labor of love, the final result being a magnificent monument to the memory of the grandest and noblest historical personage of the present age. All persons who take a real interest in the truth as it is in Jesus, and have made sufficient progress in Christian knowledge to grasp and appropriate the profound thoughts of Dr. Nevin, should by all means possess a copy of Dr. Appel's book. And this, no matter to what denomination they may belong. Dr. Nevin was far above denomination or Church party, a Catholic in the broadest and best sense, who knew only the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and no other. All persons who can rise to that plane of Apostolic Christianity, or have the mind and wish to do so, would be greatly benefited by reading Dr. Appel's great work. Then why this little book on the same subject? Answer: Just because it is a little book, intended for people who will never read the great and large one of Dr. Appel. This alone is the humble author's reason for writing it. He would rejoice exceedingly if the large work would find its way into every intelligent Christian household; but knowing that such will not be the case, he offers to the general public this little book, with the humble consciousness of its extreme littleness as compared with the greatness of its subject. It is written for people who, after reading it, it is hoped, will want the other book. May the blessing of God rest upon this earnest, honest, though imperfect, design of the author.
A Biographical Sketch of John Williamson Nevin
Author: A. R. KremerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781549911156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
One of the most important works that has ever been published is the biography of JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN, written by his disciple and co-worker, THEODORE APPEL. It is the work of a ripe scholar and master of the great subject undertaken by him, and well has he performed his task. It is a work which required arduous painstaking and labor, though from first to last a labor of love, the final result being a magnificent monument to the memory of the grandest and noblest historical personage of the present age.All persons who take a real interest in the truth as it is in Jesus, and have made sufficient progress in Christian knowledge to grasp and appropriate the profound thoughts of Dr. Nevin, should by all means possess a copy of Dr. Appel's book. And this, no matter to what denomination they may belong. Dr. Nevin was far above denomination or Church party, a Catholic in the broadest and best sense, who knew only the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and no other. All persons who can rise to that plane of Apostolic Christianity, or have the mind and wish to do so, would be greatly benefited by reading Dr. Appel's great work.Then why this little book on the same subject? Answer: Just because it is a little book, intended for people who will never read the great and large one of Dr. Appel. This alone is the humble author's reason for writing it. He would rejoice exceedingly if the large work would find its way into every intelligent Christian household; but knowing that such will not be the case, he offers to the general public this little book, with the humble consciousness of its extreme littleness as compared with the greatness of its subject. It is written for people who, after reading it, it is hoped, will want the other book. May the blessing of God rest upon this earnest, honest, though imperfect, design of the author.
A Biographical Sketch of John Williamson Nevin
Author: Abner Ralph KremerPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781340045067
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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John Williamson Nevin
Author: Linden J. DeBiePublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725269554
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
John Williamson Nevin’s life has never been given the full attention that it deserves. That may be due in part to the controversial nature of his thinking. Yet in many respects, his enormous contribution to American religious history is acknowledged by those who have read him. He stood out as the great advocate of evangelical catholicism, and his call for a thorough examination of the place of the church in nineteenth-century theology was revolutionary. It was Nevin who first saw the threat to the church in the erosion of faith in the church as a divine institution sacramentally entrusted by God with the reclamation of the whole world—an erosion that occurred well before the Civil War in the hypersubjectivity of Protestant America.
Life and Work of John Williamson Nevin D.D., LL.D.
Author: Theodore Appel, D.D.Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
John Williamson Nevin
Author: Richard E. WentzPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195359585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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.
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Tome 2
Author: John Williamson NevinPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498246028
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
John Nevin's vision of the church as "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic" grew out of his critique of the revivalism and sectarianism that prevailed throughout evangelical Christianity in the nineteenth century. He deepens his perception of catholicity as an expression of Christian wholeness, his response to the parochialism that ruled American religion and life. He grounds congregational life and mission in the Lordship of Jesus Christ, ordered by the whole Christian tradition, which comes into focus in the Apostles' Creed. This edition carefully preserves the original texts while providing extensive introductions, annotations, and bibliography to both orient the reader and to facilitate further scholarship. The Mercersburg Theology Study Series presents for the first time attractive, readable, scholarly modern editions of the key writings of the nineteenth-century movement known as the Mercersburg Theology. An ambitious multi-year project, it aims to make an important contribution to the academic community and to the broader public, who can at last be properly introduced to this unique blend of American and European Reformed and Catholic theology.
The Mystical Presence
Author: John Williamson NevinPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1630876380
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Mystical Presence (1846), John Williamson Nevin's magnum opus, was an attempt to combat the sectarianism and subjectivism of nineteenth-century American religion by recovering the robust sacramental and incarnational theology of the Protestant Reformation, enriched with the categories of German idealism. In it, he makes the historical case for the spiritual real presence as the authentic Reformed doctrine of the Eucharist, and explains the theological and philosophical context that render the doctrine intelligible. The 1850 article "The Doctrine of the Reformed Church on the Lord's Supper" represents his response to his arch critic, Charles Hodge of Princeton Seminary, providing what is still considered a definitive historical treatment of Reformed eucharistic theology. Both texts demonstrate Nevin's immense erudition and theological creativity, contributing to our understanding not only of Reformed theology, but also of the unique milieu of nineteenth-century American religion. The present critical edition carefully preserves the original text, while providing extensive introductions, annotations, and bibliography to orient the modern reader and facilitate further scholarship. The Mercersburg Theology Study Series is an attempt to make available for the first time--in attractive, readable, and scholarly modern editions--the key writings of the nineteenth-century movement known as the Mercersburg Theology. An ambitious multi-year project, this aims to make an important contribution to the academic community and to the broader reading public, who may at last be properly introduced to this unique blend of American and European, Reformed and Catholic theology.
Dictionary of Early American Philosophers
Author: John R. ShookPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441171401
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
The Dictionary of Early American Philosophers, which contains over 400 entries by nearly 300 authors, provides an account of philosophical thought in the United States and Canada between 1600 and 1860. The label of "philosopher" has been broadly applied in this Dictionary to intellectuals who have made philosophical contributions regardless of academic career or professional title. Most figures were not academic philosophers, as few such positions existed then, but they did work on philosophical issues and explored philosophical questions involved in such fields as pedagogy, rhetoric, the arts, history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, medicine, anthropology, religion, metaphysics, and the natural sciences. Each entry begins with biographical and career information, and continues with a discussion of the subject's writings, teaching, and thought. A cross-referencing system refers the reader to other entries. The concluding bibliography lists significant publications by the subject, posthumous editions and collected works, and further reading about the subject.