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Predestination : the American career of a contentious doctrine /

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Peter Thuesen shows that the debate over predestination is inseparable from other central Christian beliefs and practices - the efficacy of the sacraments, the existence of purgatory and hell, the extent of God's providential involvement in human affairs - and has fueled theological conflicts a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thuesen, Peter Johannes, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Predestination > History of doctrines.
United States > Church history.
Prédestination > Histoire des doctrines.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Soteriology.
Predestination > History of doctrines
United States
Predestinatie.
Verenigde Staten.
Predestinationsläran.
Electronic books.
Church history
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Peter Thuesen shows that the debate over predestination is inseparable from other central Christian beliefs and practices - the efficacy of the sacraments, the existence of purgatory and hell, the extent of God's providential involvement in human affairs - and has fueled theological conflicts across denominations for centuries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-288) and index.
ISBN:9780199725991
0199725993
9780195174274
0195174275
0199872139
9780199872138