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.

Sommario

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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Gillis J. Harp

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gillis Harp, Gillis J Harp, Gillis J. Harp, Harp Gillis J.
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.08.2003
• EAN: 9780847699612
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9961-2
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 149 mm x 227 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 336 g
• Serie: American Intellectual Culture; American Intellectual Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; 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