Douglas A. Sweeney
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195154283
- eISBN:
- 9780199834709
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195154282.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Sweeney reconstructs the New England religious culture that shaped the life of Taylor, and that derived much of its theological substance from the two distinctive foci of Edwardsian New Divinity: its ...
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Sweeney reconstructs the New England religious culture that shaped the life of Taylor, and that derived much of its theological substance from the two distinctive foci of Edwardsian New Divinity: its distinction between natural and moral ability, and its insistence on immediate repentance. With the establishment of the New Divinity “schools of the prophets,” men such as Joseph Bellamy, Charles Backus, and Nathanael Emmons influenced the next generation of Edwardsian preachers and leaders. The direct result of widespread Edwardsian preaching in New England was what could only be called an Edwardsian enculturation of Calvinist New England by the first third of the nineteenth century.Less
Sweeney reconstructs the New England religious culture that shaped the life of Taylor, and that derived much of its theological substance from the two distinctive foci of Edwardsian New Divinity: its distinction between natural and moral ability, and its insistence on immediate repentance. With the establishment of the New Divinity “schools of the prophets,” men such as Joseph Bellamy, Charles Backus, and Nathanael Emmons influenced the next generation of Edwardsian preachers and leaders. The direct result of widespread Edwardsian preaching in New England was what could only be called an Edwardsian enculturation of Calvinist New England by the first third of the nineteenth century.
Karen L. Cox
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469635033
- eISBN:
- 9781469635057
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469635033.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The chapter introduces Jennie Merrill’s neighbors and their personal histories. Richard Henry Clay Dana, known as Dick, was descended from the Danas of New England who were both journalists and ...
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The chapter introduces Jennie Merrill’s neighbors and their personal histories. Richard Henry Clay Dana, known as Dick, was descended from the Danas of New England who were both journalists and ministers. His father Charles Backus Dana was the rector for Christ Church in Alexandria and Trinity Episcopal in Natchez. His second cousin was Charles Dana who operated the New York Sun. Octavia Dockery, Dick’s guardian, was originally from Arkansas and her father Thomas was a Confederate general. Together they lived in filth at Glenwood, Dana’s ancestral home. She became his guardian after Dick was declared non compos mentis. The pair never married and their errant livestock often trespassed on Merrill’s property causing damage. They feuded up until the day Jennie Merrill died.Less
The chapter introduces Jennie Merrill’s neighbors and their personal histories. Richard Henry Clay Dana, known as Dick, was descended from the Danas of New England who were both journalists and ministers. His father Charles Backus Dana was the rector for Christ Church in Alexandria and Trinity Episcopal in Natchez. His second cousin was Charles Dana who operated the New York Sun. Octavia Dockery, Dick’s guardian, was originally from Arkansas and her father Thomas was a Confederate general. Together they lived in filth at Glenwood, Dana’s ancestral home. She became his guardian after Dick was declared non compos mentis. The pair never married and their errant livestock often trespassed on Merrill’s property causing damage. They feuded up until the day Jennie Merrill died.
