The Mercersburg Theology

by James Hastings Nichols

Book Overview

The Mercersburg theology was a protest against many of the Puritan tendencies dominant in American religion in the mid-nineteenth century. Its spokesmen emphasized the catholic heritage in Protestantism and fostered the ecumenical hope of a reunion of Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Orthodoxy. They presented a high church sacramental conception, as opposed to the predominant revivalistic, individualistic, and sectarian habit of mind. The movement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556353162
• ISBN13: 9781556353161
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"