Cosmos in the Chaos: Philip Schaff's Interpretation of Nineteenth-century American ReligionPhilip Schaff is considered the founder of the discipline of church history in America, and he was the foremost practitioner of that discipline in nineteenth-century America. In this book Stephen R. Graham provides the first in-depth treatment of Schaff's analysis of religion in American and, by means of that study, examines not only Schaff's thought but also the development of religion in the United States in the nineteenth century. Topics covered include the three "threats" to American Christianity as conceived by Schaff -- sectarianism, romanism, and rationalism; Schaff's understanding of the American experiment of separation of church and state; Schaff's conception of America as playing a unique role in world and Christian history; and Schaff's contributions to ecumenism. |
Contents
Religious Freedom and the Threat of Sectarianism | 1 |
A Land So Free from Restraint | 7 |
The Protestant Principle and Sectarian Divisions | 15 |
Rich Material for a New Creation | 21 |
America | 28 |
Denominations vs Sects | 34 |
Religious Freedom and the Threat of Romanism | 45 |
The Catholic Union with the Past | 51 |
Shaping Christian America | 151 |
The Revivalist Style | 153 |
Drying Out the Alcoholic Republic | 155 |
New York Sabbath Committee | 159 |
Bible Revision | 168 |
The American Nation | 174 |
Go Forth Noble Saxon Tongue | 174 |
Digesting the Nations | 174 |
The SemiPopish Doctrines of the Tractarians | 56 |
Professor Schaffs Poisonous Popery | 58 |
Romanism or Catholicism? | 67 |
Religious Freedom and the Threat of Rationalism The Abyss of Heathenism | 73 |
Educating America | 81 |
Scholarship and the Church | 87 |
International Theological Nuncio and Mediator | 95 |
EvangelicalCatholic Historiography | 108 |
Church and State | 123 |
Mormons and Catholics | 127 |
Christian America | 134 |
Church and State in the United States | 138 |
Connecting Links | 142 |
Americas TendoAchilles | 181 |
Mysteries of Providence | 192 |
EvangelicalCatholic Christianity in America | 195 |
EvangelicalCatholic Christianity | 198 |
Publications as a Means to Reunion | 205 |
American Religious Consensus? | 208 |
One Flock but Not One Fold | 212 |
Union Despite Rugged Individualism | 215 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Selected Bibliography | 225 |
Index | 242 |
Common terms and phrases
according to Schaff Amer American Christianity American church American Committee American nation American religious American situation American Society anti-Catholic authorities Bible Catholicism character Charles Hodge Christ Christendom Christian union Christianity in America Church History civil denominations despite Ecumenical English ERHS Europe European Evangelical Alliance evangelical catholic evangelical-catholic Christianity example faith German Reformed Church gospel historian Ibid ican ideal ideas immigrant James Hastings John John Williamson Nevin Mercersburg Review Mercersburg Theology moral Mormons Nevin nineteenth century ordination sermon organic Philip Schaff Philip Schaff Papers Presbyterian Princeton Princeton Review Principle of Protestantism Progress of Christianity Protestant religion in America religious freedom reunion revision Roman Catholic Church Sabbath observance Schaff believed Schaff insisted Schaff noted Schaff spoke Schaff's conception scholars schools Scribner's sectarian sects separation of church slavery Society of Church spirit Testament tion Tocqueville Union Theological Seminary United unity University Press Version vision voluntary Weekly Messenger York