Conservative Versus Progressive Orthodoxy in Latter 19th Century Congregationalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3398985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Everett Swift |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-31 |
| Publication date | 1947-03-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/3160110 |
| OpenAlex | W2146292922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
During the 19th century a concept, in itself neither religious nor anti-religious, modified the thought of a great number of Americans. This was the concept of gradual development. One application of this concept, which had a profound effect upon Congregational thought, was the assumption that insight into religious truth comes only gradually. This view seemed to threaten all formulations of tradition and all embodiments of revelation which had been assumed to be final and complete. Another concept, closely related to that of development, also gravely disturbed the New England theology of the latter 19th century. There was a revival of stress on the immanence of God within the created world. For certain Congregationalists, divine influence upon man came to be viewed as working wholly through the channels of natural law and natural growth, rather than by sudden invasion from without. To conservatives, this stress seemed to blur a central truth in evangelical theology, the perilous chasm between sinful men and the holy, judging God
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Immanence · Late 19th century · Natural (archaeology) · Natural law · Orthodoxy · Period (music) · Religious experience · Revelation · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Catholicism and Religious Studies · History · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1952 - 1994 (43) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |