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The Religious Formation of John Witherspoon Calvinism, Evangelicalism, and the Scottish Enlightenment

By Kevin DeYoung Copyright 2020
224 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland. In contrast to the arguments made by other historians, it shows that there was considerable continuity of thought between Witherspoon’s Scottish ministry and the second half of his career as one of America’s Founding Fathers. The book argues that... Read more

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Introduction John Witherspoon as Reformed Apologist

1 ‘The Sound, Calvinistic, Reformation Divinity’ Witherspoon’s Debt to Late Reformed Orthodoxy

2 ‘A Little Tinctured with Fanaticism’ Witherspoon and the Rise of Evangelicalism

3 ‘How Is the Gold Become Dim!’Witherspoon’s Ministry in the Church of Scotland

4 ‘An Age in Which Infidelity Greatly Prevails’ Witherspoon and the Enlightenment

5 ‘The Calvinist Doctrines in Popular Form’ Witherspoon’s Work in America

Conclusion ‘The Infinite Importance of the Salvation of Your Souls’ Witherspoon the Politician and Preacher

Appendix Satirical Poem to the Presbytery of Paisley (c.1764)

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Biography

Kevin DeYoung is the Senior Pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA) and an Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He blogs for The Gospel Coalition and has published more than a dozen books and a number of scholarly articles on theology, history, and Christianity.