The Presbyterian Experience In The United States: A Sourcebook

Synopsis

1. Contestations Over Confessional Subscription. A Sermon Preached At The Opening Of The Synod At Philadelphia, 1722 / Jonathan Dickinson -- An Overture Presented To The Reverend Synod Of Dissenting Ministers, 1729 / John Thomson -- Adopting Act, 1729 / Synod Of Philadelphia -- 2. Revivals, Dissensions, And The First Great Awakening. The Danger Of An Unconverted Ministry, 1740 / Gilbert Tennent -- An Impartial Trial Of The Spirit Operating In This Part Of The World, 1741 / John Caldwell -- A Short And Faithful Narrative Of A Remarkable Revival Of Religion In The Congregation Of New-londonderry And Other Parts Of Pennsylvania, 1744 / Samuel Blair -- 3. The Reformed Shape Of Presbyterian Worship. The True Believer's All Secured, 1747 / David Mcgregore -- Infant Baptism From Heaven, 1765 / Jonathan Parsons -- The Duty Of Christians, In Singing The Praise Of God, Explained, 1790 / John Black -- Self-dedication; Or Solemn Covenant With God, 1822 / Harriet Myer Laird --^ 4. Distinctive Elements Of Presbyterianism: Polity, Proclamation, And Predestination. A Sermon Preached At The Ordination Of Samson Occom, 1759 / Samuel Buell -- A Sermon At The Execution Of Moses Paul, An Indian, 1772 / Samuel Occom -- An Essay On The Warrant, Nature, And Duties Of The Office Of The Ruling Elder, In The Presbyterian Church, 1831 / Samuel Miller -- A Tract On The Doctrines Of Election And Reprobation, 1840 / James Henley Thornwell -- 5. The Problem Of Slavery, The Division Of The Church, And The Civil War. A Speech To The New York State Anti-slavery Society, 1837 / Theodore S. Wright -- An Inquiry Into The Scriptural Views Of Slavery, 1846 / Albert Barnes -- The Christian Doctrine Of Slavery, 1857 / George D. Armstrong -- The General Assembly, 1865 / Charles Hodge -- 6. The Rising Tides And Crashing Waves Of Theological Controversy. The Public Preaching Of Women, 1879 / Robert Lewis Dabney --^ Shall Woman Preach? Or The Question Answered, 1891 / Louisa M. Woosley -- Inspiration, 1881 / Archibald A. Hodge And Benjamin B. Warfield -- The Authority Of Holy Scripture, 1891 / Charles Augustus Briggs -- 7. Emerging Understandings Of Mission And Ministry At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century. An Address At The World's Parliament Of Religions, 1893 / John Henry Barrows -- The Burden Of The Educated Colored Woman, 1899 / Lucy Craft Laney -- The Foreign Missionary: An Incarnation Of A World Movement, 1907 / Arthur Judson Brown -- The Call Of The New Day To The Old Church, 1915 / Charles Stelzle -- Liberalism Or Christianity?, 1922 / J. Gresham Machen -- 8. Denominational Reunions, Divisions, And Differing Ecclesial Emphases. In Unity-for Mission: A Message To All Congregations From The Uniting General Assembly Of The United Presbyterian Church In The United States Of America, 1958 --^ A Message To All Churches Of Jesus Christ Throughout The World From The General Assembly Of The National Presbyterian Church, 1973 -- The Open Door, 1965 / Eugene Carson Blake And Martin Niemöller -- The Centrality Of The Gospel, 2000 / Timothy Keller -- 9. Increasing Racial, Ethnic, And Global Diversities In Church Leadership. Hispanic-americans And The Crisis In The Nation, 1969 / Jorge Lara-braud -- Blackness As Sign And Assignment, 1977 / Gayraud S. Wilmore -- From The Kitchen To The Pulpit: A Korean Woman Pastor's Journey, 2006 / Choi. Moon Young -- A Global Presbyterian Witness For A Global World Community, 2006 / Fahed Abu-akel. Edited By William Yoo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.