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Can someone give me a list of books regarding Presbyterian history and how it came to be?
Can someone give me a list of books regarding Presbyterian history and how it came to be?
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Reformed and Evangelical Across Four Centuries: The Presbyterian Story in America (2022) by Nathan P. Feldmeth, S. Donald Fortson III, Garth M. Rosell, & Kenneth J. Stewart.Good afternoon,
Can someone give me a list of books regarding Presbyterian history and how it came to be?
This looks great; a forward by George Marsden about clinches the deal for me.This one right here. (Posting link to Amazon, but you can obtain it from numerous vendors.)
This one here.
I just looked this up on Google. Thanks. This gentleman, Hall, seems familiar. Is he known for other works?I just picked up a used copy of the volume listed below and it has been fascinating:
Presbyterians, A Popular Narrative of Their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Achievements
Author: Hays, Geo. P.; Hall, John (Introduction); Moore, William E. (Introduction)
Published: New York; J.A. Hill & Co., 1892
Presbyterians, a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements : Hays, Geo. P. (George Price), 1838-1897 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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I just looked this up on Google. Thanks. This gentleman, Hall, seems familiar. Is he known for other works?
With regards to the first book by Feldmeth, et al., I'd recommend looking at these first to see where it does well and doesn't do so well.Reformed and Evangelical Across Four Centuries: The Presbyterian Story in America (2022) by Nathan P. Feldmeth, S. Donald Fortson III, Garth M. Rosell, & Kenneth J. Stewart.
Presbyterian & Reformed Churches: A Global History (2012) by James E. McGoldrick
The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism (2019) edited by Gary Scott Smith and P.C. Kemeny.
I recently read Presbyterian and Reformed Across Four Centuries and it was excellent in setting Presbyterianism in the context of the Reformation as well as English and Scottish contexts.Reformed and Evangelical Across Four Centuries: The Presbyterian Story in America (2022) by Nathan P. Feldmeth, S. Donald Fortson III, Garth M. Rosell, & Kenneth J. Stewart.
Presbyterian & Reformed Churches: A Global History (2012) by James E. McGoldrick
The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism (2019) edited by Gary Scott Smith and P.C. Kemeny.
By the way, one of the things you learn about Presbyterian history is that many men deserted Washington with the exception of a very large number of Sctottish and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.
It lead to one of the Hessian officers to remark that it seemed like they were facing Presbyterians in battle in the Revolutionary War.
John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland. Not the easiest read, but an incredible book.Good afternoon,
Can someone give me a list of books regarding Presbyterian history and how it came to be?
It is, without question, an accurate assessment of how King George III and his advocates perceived the American war.
IN 1869 the Free Church of Scotland presented a prize for the best essay on the fundamental principles of presbyterian order and government. The judges unanimously awarded the prize to Rev. James Moir Porteous for his essay, which was revised and enlarged for publication as the book, "The Government of the Kingdom of Christ. An Inquiry at to the Scriptural, Invincible and Historical Position of Presbytery."
Parts I and II of this book have been re-published by the James Begg Society as "Jesus Christ King of the Church." It is available here.
Part III is a historical survey of presbyterianism from the first century A.D. until 1888, the date of the book's original publication, with a concluding chapter on the present (to 1888) position and future anticipations of presbyterianism. The graphic above is taken from the original title-page of Part III.
The James Begg Society is pleased to make this third part of Rev. James Moir Porteous's work available on our website.
It sounds interesting!John Knox, History of the Reformation in Scotland. Not the easiest read, but an incredible book.