Johann August Neander's Influence on American Church Historiography

Translation and Knowledge Transfer

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ID10083038
AuthorsAnnette G Aubert (0000-0003-2504-5881, Westminster Theological Seminary, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume75
Issue2
Pages269-289
Publication date2023-06-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022046923000556
OpenAlexW4382072193
LanguageEN
References cited11

This article examines the English translations of works by Johann August Neander (the reputed father of modern church history) in order to consider his transatlantic influence. American editions of Neander's work supported the development of church historiography in nineteenth-century America, and influenced the direction of mediating theology at American academic and religious institutions. Besides identifying the agents who championed these translation efforts, the article explores how translations of church history texts supported knowledge transfer from Germany to America. Neander's books received positive attention in the translation culture of the 1830s, and he gained a reputation as a model scholar of church history

Art · Church History · Historiography · Literature · Order (exchange · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · European Political History Analysis · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies

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