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THE PURITAN AS YANKEE

  • Paperback
  • 316 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

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For readers interested in American religious history

Clarifies misconceptions about Bushnell's beliefs

You will gain a deeper understanding of Puritan values

This biography explores Horace Bushnell's legacy as a misunderstood Puritan and intellectual.

"Horace Bushnell (1802-76), the much maligned 19th-century liberal pastor/scholar/ theologian, is here vindicated as a deeply conservative Puritan and misunderstood intellectual of his time. In this biography, Mullin (General Theological Seminary) considers Bushnell in the context of his time and milieu. While calling him a "flinty character," Mullin argues that Bushnell was quintessentially a Yankee and a Puritan, seeking innovation yet all the while sustained by a bedrock trust in the values and continuity of the Puritan tradition. Mullin places great emphasis on Bushnell's European travels as well as his writings (published as well as unpublished) from 1846 to early 1849, where he finds him working through his concerns for the lost unity of the Puritans. These ideas fed into Bushnell's sense that "the fractiousness of American political life was an outgrowth of the New Light piety," an evangelical piety that stressed individualism over community. Sophisticated, well informed, and challenging, this first biography of Bushnell in 50 years requires some awareness of American religious history. Recommended for all religion and early American history collections." - Library Journal
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  • Title

    THE PURITAN AS YANKEE

  • Author

    Mullin

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    August 2002

  • Weight

    423g

  • Page Count

    316

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802842527

  • ISBN-10

    0802842526

  • Eden Code

    115876

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