Reason and Faith at Early Princeton: Piety and the Knowledge of God

by Owen Anderson

Book Overview

Teaching piety and the highest good have been goals from the beginning of the Academy. Princeton University and Theological Seminary had their start in these same ideas. This book explores the concepts of reason and faith at early Princeton by examining how this institution was shaped by a pursuit of piety and the knowledge of God. Princeton University (originally the College of New Jersey) emerged out of the First Great Awakening and its commitment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137443286
• ISBN13: 9781137443281
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"