Paul J Gutacker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5065016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul J Gutacker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gutacker |
| SIGNATURE | GUTACKER P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brazos Fellows , Waco, Texas, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8679-7553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Slavery and Sacred Texts
In this work, Jordan Watkins shows that antebellum arguments over slavery produced a new historical consciousness. In the decades leading to the Civil War, American thinkers paid increasing attention to the status of slavery in the Bible and the US Constitution. As they argued over the meaning of these sacred texts, Americans became more aware of the temporal divide between their present and the biblical and Revolutionary pasts. This growing awar…
Seventeen Centuries of Sin
Historians of American religion generally agree that religious debates over slavery were characterized by a reliance on the plain meaning of the Bible. According to the conventional wisdom, antebellum Americans were uninterested in or even overtly hostile to tradition and church history. However, a close study of pro- and antislavery literature complicates this picture of ahistorical biblicism. For some defenders of slavery, not merely the Bible …
Joseph Milner and his Editors
Joseph Milner's ‘History of the Church of Christ’ (1794–1809) was the most popular English-language church history for half a century, yet it remains misunderstood by many historians. This paper argues that Milner's Evangelical interpretation of church history subverted Protestant historiographical norms. By prioritising conversion over doctrinal precision, and celebrating the piety of select medieval Catholics, Milner undermined the historical n…
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Joseph Milner and his Editors
Joseph Milner's ‘History of the Church of Christ’ (1794–1809) was the most popular English-language church history for half a century, yet it remains misunderstood by many historians. This paper argues that Milner's Evangelical interpretation of church history subverted Protestant historiographical norms. By prioritising conversion over doctrinal precision, and celebrating the piety of select medieval Catholics, Milner undermined the historical n…
Seventeen Centuries of Sin
Historians of American religion generally agree that religious debates over slavery were characterized by a reliance on the plain meaning of the Bible. According to the conventional wisdom, antebellum Americans were uninterested in or even overtly hostile to tradition and church history. However, a close study of pro- and antislavery literature complicates this picture of ahistorical biblicism. For some defenders of slavery, not merely the Bible …
Slavery and Sacred Texts
In this work, Jordan Watkins shows that antebellum arguments over slavery produced a new historical consciousness. In the decades leading to the Civil War, American thinkers paid increasing attention to the status of slavery in the Bible and the US Constitution. As they argued over the meaning of these sacred texts, Americans became more aware of the temporal divide between their present and the biblical and Revolutionary pasts. This growing awar…
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