Poems, Propositions, and Dogma
The Controversy over Religious Language and the Demise of Theology in American Learning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3206848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D G Hart (0000-0003-3835-9302, Duke University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 310-321 |
| Publication date | 1988-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3166575 |
| OpenAlex | W2170241203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
One of the ironies in the annals of nineteenth-century American Protestantism is the impact that Horace Bushnell's famed address "Dogma and Spirit" had upon the theological scene. In his remarks before the Porter Rhetorical Society at Andover Seminary in September 1848, the Congregationalist minister from Hartford established his reputation as one of the more controversial, if not gifted, theologians in New England. Bushnell offered a vision of Christianity that he hoped would eliminate the theological bickering that, as he saw it, had plagued the church throughout its history. To be sure, many in Andover's audience would not have been surprised if Bushnell's quirky views on the Trinity and the Atonement drew fire from New England Calvinists. But few would have predicted that this reconciliatory address would provoke one of the era's more noteworthy debates, a lengthy one-and-a-half-year, 250-page quarrel between America's two most prominent Calvinist theologians, Princeton Seminary's Charles Hodge and Andover's Edwards A. Park
Archbishop · Art · Calvinism · Christianity · Demise · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Predestination · Protestantism · Rhetorical question · Theological seminary · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious studies
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Reinterpretation in American Church History
Intellectual Life in America
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Professional Lives in America
Language and Religion
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |