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9780199832392

Predestination The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine

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    9780199832392

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    0199832390

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-10-01
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Winner of theChristianity Today2010 Book Award for History/Biography, and praised inChristian Centuryas "wittyeruditemasterful," this groundbreaking history, the first of its kind, shows that far from being only about the age-old riddle of divine sovereignty versus human free will, the debate over predestination is inseparable from other central Christian beliefs and practices--the efficacy of the sacraments, the existence of purgatory and hell, the extent of God's providential involvement in human affairs--and has fueled theological conflicts across denominations for centuries. Peter Thuesen reexamines not only familiar predestinarians such as the New England Puritans and many later Baptists and Presbyterians, but also non-Calvinists such as Catholics and Lutherans, and shows how even contemporary megachurches preach a "purpose-driven" outlook that owes much to the doctrine of predestination. For anyone wanting a fuller understanding of religion in America,Predestinationoffers both historical context on a doctrine that reaches back 1,600 years and a fresh perspective on today's denominational landscape.

Author Biography

Peter J. Thuesen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUl). He is author of In Discordance with the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible (OUP, 1999) and editor of The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 26, Catalogues of Books.

Table of Contents

Illustrationsp. xiii
Introduction: Doctrine of Discord: Predestination in American Christianityp. 1
The Predestinarian Labyrinth: Historical Backgroundp. 14
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Predestination in New England Puritanism
"Shall the Hellish Doctrine Stand?" Enlightenment Doubts and Evangelical Divisionp. 73
From Methodists to Mormons: Attacking Predestination in the Young Republicp. 100
Domesticating a Doctrine: Catholics and Lutheransp. 136
Debating a Doctrine: Presbyterians and Baptistsp. 172
Epilogue: The Purpose-Driven Life? Predestination and the Decline of Mysteryp. 209
Glossary of Theological Termsp. 219
Notesp. 229
Indexp. 289
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