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The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism provides a state of the art reference tool written by leading scholars in the fields of religious studies and history.
List of contents
- 1. Introduction by Gary Scott Smith and P.C. Kemeny
- I. History of the Presbyterian Tradition
- 2. Sixteenth-Century Origins by Gary Neal Hanson
- 3. Seventeenth Century and the Westminster Assembly by Chad van Dixhoorn
- 4. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century North America by Sean Lucas
- 5. Twentieth- and Twenty First-Century North America by Bradley J. Longfield
- 6. The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy by Bradley J. Gundlach
- 7. Presbyterians in the British Isles and the European Continent by Ian Shaw
- 8. Presbyterians in Africa by Benhardt Y. Quarshie
- 9. Presbyterians in Asia by Scott W. Sunquist and Peter Lin
- 10. Presbyterians in Latin America by Alderí S. Matos
- 11. Presbyterianism in Middle East by Kaley M. Carpenter
- II. Ecclesial Forms and Structures
- 12. Presbyterian Polity by Jeffery McDonald
- 13. Presbyterian Confessions by Donald K. McKim
- 14. Doctrine of Sacraments by Gordon Mikoski
- 15. Ecumenism by Louis Weeks
- 16. Women's Ordination by Margaret Bendroth
- 17. Presbyterians, Schisms, and Denominations by P.C. Kemeny
- III. Theology
- 18. Doctrine of God by Ivor J. Davidson
- 19. Doctrine of Humanity by Marguerite Shuster
- 20. Doctrine of Christ by William B. Evans
- 21. Doctrine of the Holy Spirit by Richard Burnett
- 22. Doctrine of the Word of God by Michael S. Horton
- 23. Doctrine of the Church by Anna Case-Winters
- 24. Predestination and Election by W. Andrew Hoffecker
- 25. Presbyterians and Neo-Orthodoxy by John Burgess
- 26. Presbyterians and the Charismatic and Pentecostal Movements by Michael McClymond
- 27. Presbyterians, Religious Diversity, and World Religions by Martha L. Moore-Keish
- 28. Presbyterians and Philosophy, Natural Theology, and Apologetics by David VanDrunen
- IV. Worship
- 29. Theology of Worship by Kimberly Long
- 30. Hymnody and Liturgy by Jonathan Hehn
- 31. Preaching by Thomas G. Long
- V. Ethics, Politics, and Education
- 32. Presbyterians and Ethics by Mark Douglas
- 33. Presbyterians and Church-State Relations by Mark A. Noll
- 34. Presbyterians Social Reform by Gary Scott Smith
- 35. Presbyterians and Higher Education by David S. Guthrie and Robert Tyler Derreth
About the author
About the Editors
Gary Scott Smith earned his Ph.D. in American history at Johns Hopkins University. He taught at Grove City College from 1978 to 2017, where he chaired the History Department. Smith was named Pennsylvania Professor of the Year in 2001. He has authored and edited fourteen books including
Religion in the Oval Office (OUP 2015). Smith is also an ordained minister in the PCUSA and currently is a parish associate and the co-director of the mission program at Saint Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, North Carolina.
P.C. Kemeny is Interim Dean and Professor of Religion and Humanities at Grove City College. He has received grants from the American Academy of Religion and the American Historical Association. He is author of
The New England Watch and Ward Society (OUP 2018) and holds degrees from Wake Forest University, Westminster Seminary, Duke University, and Princeton Seminary.
Summary
The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism provides a state of the art reference tool written by leading scholars in the fields of religious studies and history.
