Predestination : the American career of a contentious doctrine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thuesen, Peter Johannes, 1971-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Predestination > History of doctrines. United States > Church history.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Doctrine of discord: predestination in American Christianity
The predestinarian labyrinth: historical background
The agony and the ecstasy: predestination in New England puritanism
"Shall the hellish doctrine stand?" Enlightenment doubts and evangelical division
From Methodists to Mormons: attacking predestination in the young republic
Domesticating a doctrine: Catholics and Lutherans
Debating a doctrine: Presbyterians and Baptists
Epilogue: The purpose-driven life? Predestination and the decline of mystery.