Brahmin Prophet - Phillips Brooks and the Path of Liberal Protestantism

The Reverend Phillips Brooks was undeniably one of the most popular preachers of Gilded Age America and the author of the beloved Christmas carol, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem.' However, very few critical studies of his life and work exist. In this insightful book, Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in its proper historical, cultural, and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brooks's inspiration. The result is a fuller, richer portrait of this luminous figure and of this transitional era in American protestantism.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Early Years Chapter 3 Phillips Brooks: Civil Warrior Chapter 4 Tearing Down and Building Up Chapter 5 A Prince of the Pulpit: Phillips Brooks and Nineteenth Century Preaching Chapter 6 Close of the Century Chapter 7 Conclusion

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By Gillis J. Harp

Summary

Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in historical, cultural and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brook's inspiration, thus making this a rich portrait of this figure and a transitional era in American protestantism.

Product details

• Authors: Gillis Harp, Gillis J Harp, Gillis J. Harp, Harp Gillis J.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2003
• EAN: 9780847699612
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9961-2
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: American Intellectual Culture; American Intellectual Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, History of Ideas, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, Biography: general, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Church history, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches