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Transatlantic Religion
Europe, America, and the Making of Modern Christianity
Series: - Brill's Series in Church History, Volume: 82
Transatlantic Religion offers a new perspective on nineteenth-century American Christianity that takes into account the centuryâs major transformations in politics, philosophy, education, and religious doctrine. The book includes previously unexamined material to explain the influences of European ideas on the intellectual diversity and cultural specifics of American Christianity. It gives readers access to a new analytical approach to the transatlantic development of religion in America, one that acknowledges the role of ecumenical and partisan religious journalism, academic-religious mentoring, profound changes in the field of scientific inquiry, and the aims of institution builders.
Contributors are: Annette G. Aubert, Lee C. Barrett, Elizabeth A. Clark, Andrew Z. Hansen, Charlotte Hansen, George Harinck, Paul E. Kerry, Andrew Kloes, David Komline, Hartmut Lehmann, Mark A. Noll, C. Michael Shea, Timothy Verhoeven, Zachary Purvis.
Contributors are: Annette G. Aubert, Lee C. Barrett, Elizabeth A. Clark, Andrew Z. Hansen, Charlotte Hansen, George Harinck, Paul E. Kerry, Andrew Kloes, David Komline, Hartmut Lehmann, Mark A. Noll, C. Michael Shea, Timothy Verhoeven, Zachary Purvis.
Annette G. Aubert, Ph.D. (2010), Westminster Theological Seminary, is Lecturer and Visiting Scholar in Church History at that institution. She is the author of The German Roots of Nineteenth-Century American Theology (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Zachary Purvis, D.Phil. (2014), University of Oxford, is Lecturer in Church History at Edinburgh Theological Seminary and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Göttingen. He is the author of Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany (Oxford University Press, 2016).
Zachary Purvis, D.Phil. (2014), University of Oxford, is Lecturer in Church History at Edinburgh Theological Seminary and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Göttingen. He is the author of Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany (Oxford University Press, 2016).
"The editors and contributors to Transatlantic Religion have crafted a volume that admirably historicizes the historical particularity of the nineteenth-century religious world, restoring a large number of today little-known theologians and religious actors to the immediacy of the contexts they shared with figures whose names have remained more familiar to posterity." â Joshua Bennett, University of Oxford, in: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Spring 2024), pp. 309â310
"This excellent collection is a pioneering work in transatlantic history of theology. A brilliant team of international scholars has been brought together to engage in detailed study of a variety of networks of cultural transmission, many of which have never been investigated before. As well as crossing national boundaries the book also crosses the confessional divides that have often been artificially imposed on the history of theology. It offers an invitation to all historians of theology to think beyond borders as they address the long-term history of the globalization of religious thought." â Mark D. Chapman, Professor of the History of Modern Theology, University of Oxford
"This is a ground-breaking work of scholarship by a group of top-tier scholars. Anyone interested in thinking about modern intellectual and religious history in transatlantic terms ought to consult it and will find it rewarding." â Thomas Albert Howard, Professor of Humanities and History, Valparaiso University
"This book demonstrates better than any other single volume to date how very important for the history of Christianity in the United States those [transatlantic] connections, links, and relationships have been." â Mark A. Noll (from the Foreword).
"A new generation of young historians with a keen interest in religious matters has begun to draw a new and more accurate picture of 'Transatlantic Religion.'" â Hartmut Lehmann (from the Epilogue).
"This excellent collection is a pioneering work in transatlantic history of theology. A brilliant team of international scholars has been brought together to engage in detailed study of a variety of networks of cultural transmission, many of which have never been investigated before. As well as crossing national boundaries the book also crosses the confessional divides that have often been artificially imposed on the history of theology. It offers an invitation to all historians of theology to think beyond borders as they address the long-term history of the globalization of religious thought." â Mark D. Chapman, Professor of the History of Modern Theology, University of Oxford
"This is a ground-breaking work of scholarship by a group of top-tier scholars. Anyone interested in thinking about modern intellectual and religious history in transatlantic terms ought to consult it and will find it rewarding." â Thomas Albert Howard, Professor of Humanities and History, Valparaiso University
"This book demonstrates better than any other single volume to date how very important for the history of Christianity in the United States those [transatlantic] connections, links, and relationships have been." â Mark A. Noll (from the Foreword).
"A new generation of young historians with a keen interest in religious matters has begun to draw a new and more accurate picture of 'Transatlantic Religion.'" â Hartmut Lehmann (from the Epilogue).
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âAnnette G. Aubert and Zachary Purvis
1 A Republic of Letters for the Kingdom of God
âProtestant Religious Journalism, 1795â1810
âAndrew Kloes
2 âWhile We Are Making Ships, They Are Manufacturing Theoriesâ
âAmericans and German Theology before ca. 1840
âAndrew Z. Hansen
3 George Bancroftâs Encounter with Eichhornâs Biblical Criticism and the University of Göttingen
âPaul E. Kerry
4 Transatlantic Mentoring
âPhilip Schaff and Arthur Cushman McGiffert
âElizabeth A. Clark
5 âI Have the Quiet Prayer That God Will Use Us in Americaâ
âThe Early Export of Neo-Calvinism from the Netherlands to the United States
âGeorge Harinck
6 âThe Blundering Reports of Careless or Obtuse Menâ
âAugust Tholuck and American Universalism
âDavid Komline
7 Hans Lassen Martensen and the Mercersburg Theology
âThe Reinforcement of Christocentric Speculation
âLee C. Barrett
8 Lord Actonâs Discovery of America
âThe Beginnings of Lively Transatlantic Relations
âCharlotte Hansen
9 Missionary Initiatives toward the Anglican Communion in Rome
âEnglish and Transatlantic Connections, 1830sâ1850s
âC. Michael Shea
10 Oppressive or Liberating?
âTransatlantic Dialogues and the 1905 Separation of Church and State in France
âTimothy Verhoeven
Epilogue: New Horizons in the Study of Transatlantic Religion
âHartmut Lehmann
Index
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âAnnette G. Aubert and Zachary Purvis
part 1: Education and the Establishment of New Networks
1 A Republic of Letters for the Kingdom of God
âProtestant Religious Journalism, 1795â1810
âAndrew Kloes
2 âWhile We Are Making Ships, They Are Manufacturing Theoriesâ
âAmericans and German Theology before ca. 1840
âAndrew Z. Hansen
3 George Bancroftâs Encounter with Eichhornâs Biblical Criticism and the University of Göttingen
âPaul E. Kerry
4 Transatlantic Mentoring
âPhilip Schaff and Arthur Cushman McGiffert
âElizabeth A. Clark
5 âI Have the Quiet Prayer That God Will Use Us in Americaâ
âThe Early Export of Neo-Calvinism from the Netherlands to the United States
âGeorge Harinck
part 2: The Exploration of Theological, Cultural, and Political Developments
6 âThe Blundering Reports of Careless or Obtuse Menâ
âAugust Tholuck and American Universalism
âDavid Komline
7 Hans Lassen Martensen and the Mercersburg Theology
âThe Reinforcement of Christocentric Speculation
âLee C. Barrett
8 Lord Actonâs Discovery of America
âThe Beginnings of Lively Transatlantic Relations
âCharlotte Hansen
9 Missionary Initiatives toward the Anglican Communion in Rome
âEnglish and Transatlantic Connections, 1830sâ1850s
âC. Michael Shea
10 Oppressive or Liberating?
âTransatlantic Dialogues and the 1905 Separation of Church and State in France
âTimothy Verhoeven
Epilogue: New Horizons in the Study of Transatlantic Religion
âHartmut Lehmann
Index
The book will be of interest to anyone searching for information on American-European religious history and transatlantic studies. A primary audience are historians, theologians, other scholars, graduate and undergraduate students.