The Fathers Refounded: Protestant Liberalism, Roman Catholic Modernism, and the Teaching of Ancient Christianity in Early Twentieth-Century America

Elizabeth A. Clark

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2019

The Fathers Refounded

Protestant Liberalism, Roman Catholic Modernism, and the Teaching of Ancient Christianity in Early Twentieth-Century America

Elizabeth A. Clark

In the series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812295627

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About this book

In The Fathers Refounded, Elizabeth A. Clark examines the lives and scholarship of professors Arthur Cushman McGiffert, George LaPiana, and Shirley Jackson Case, who modernized the academic study of Christianity in the early twentieth century.

Author / Editor information

Elizabeth A. Clark is the John Carlisle Kilgo Professor Emerita of Religion at Duke University. She is author of History, Theory, Text: Historians and the Linguistic Turn, Reading Renunciation: Asceticism and Scripture in Early Christianity, and The Origenist Controversy: The Cultural Construction of an Early Christian Debate. Her Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"Focusing on Protestant and Catholic thinkers who developed fresh interpretations of Christianity during a transformational era in U.S. intellectual and religious life, Elizabeth A. Clark constructs an illuminating narrative about the complex relationship between Christian faith and modern experience. Her transdenominational work is a model for future scholarship in U.S. religious history."—James P. McCartin, Fordham University

"The Fathers Refounded is a truly brilliant book, massively researched, beautifully written, often witty, and rich with insight."—Grant Wacker, author of America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of America

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Roman Catholic Modernism and Protestant Liberalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Part I. Arthur Cushman McGiffert and Union Theological Seminary
Chapter 2. McGiffert’s Life and Writings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 3. McGiffert’s Assumptions, Influences, and Approaches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter 4. McGiffert’s Teaching of Early Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Part II. George LaPiana and Harvard Divinity School
Chapter 5. LaPiana’s Life and Writings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter 6. LaPiana’s Assumptions, Influences, and Approaches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Chapter 7. LaPiana’s Teaching of Early Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Part III. Shirley Jackson Case and the University of Chicago Divinity School
Chapter 8. Case’s Life and Writings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Chapter 9. Case’s Assumptions, Influences, and Approaches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260
Chapter 10. Case’s Teaching of Early Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
Archival Sources and List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	427
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 448
Keywords: Religion; Education; Classics; Religious Studies; Ancient Studies; Academic Life

eBook

Published: December 25, 2018
ISBN: 9780812295627