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Author Hirrel, Leo P., 1952- author.

Title Children of wrath : New School Calvinism and antebellum reform / Leo P. Hirrel
Published Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part One: Religion -- 1. The Challenge to Orthodoxy -- 2. Theology at New Haven -- 3. Theology at Princeton and Oberlin -- 4. The Antebellum Congregational and Presbyterian Communities -- 5. The Role of Religion in the Republic -- Part Two: Reform -- 6. The Catholic Church and the Whore of Babylon -- 7. The Temperance Crusade -- 8. Chattel Slavery -- 9. Benevolence, the Social Order, and the Kingdom of God -- 10. The Closing Years of Antebellum Reform -- In Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth century, Leo Hirrel demonstrates the importance of religious ideas by exploring the relationship between religion and reform efforts during a crucial period in American history. The result is a work that moves the history of antebellum reform to a higher level of sophistication. Hirrel focuses upon New School Congregationalists and Presbyterians who served at the forefront of reform efforts and provided critical leadership to anti-Catholic, temperance, antislavery, and missionary movements. Their religion was an attempt to reconcile tradit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject New Haven theology.
Calvinism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Congregational churches -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Presbyterian Church -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Reformed Church -- Political activity -- United States
Church and social problems -- Reformed Church -- History -- 19th century
Church and social problems -- United States -- History -- 19th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Presbyterian.
Calvinism
Church and social problems
Congregational churches
New Haven theology
Politics and government
Presbyterian Church
Reformed Church -- Political activity
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140427
United States -- Church history -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139928
Subject United States
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813158877
0813158877