The "New Divinity" movement and its impact on New Hampshire's town churches, 1769-1849: Historical New Hampshire / David K. Nartonis.

Title:

The "New Divinity" movement and its impact on New Hampshire's town churches, 1769-1849: Historical New Hampshire / David K. Nartonis.

Author:

Nartonis, David K.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2000.

Physical Description:

p. 25-40.

Source:

Vol. 55, No. 1 & 2 (Spring-Summer 2000) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

Between the American Revolution and the mid-19th century, ministers preaching the New Divinity transformed New Hampshire's town churches. Before the Revolution, most ministers of New Hampshire's town churches were Harvard-trained Congregationalists. They took an increasingly intellectual, as opposed to emotional, approach to religion. Then the New Divinity movement began to affect the town churches. The well-known preacher Jonathan Edwards and his colleagues trained ministers in the New Divinity at first. Then in the early 19th century training shifted to Andover Theological Seminary and other seminaries in Maine and Connecticut. By the mid-19th century, however, Andover and the other seminaries came under different influences. By the beginning of the Civil War, the New Divinity era was all but over.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Religious education. , New England theology. , New Divinity theology.

People:

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Organizations:

Andover Theological Seminary.

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