Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America

Elizabeth A. Clark of Duke University has been a leading American scholar in the of early, post- New Testament Christianity, field also known variously as Christianity in late antiquity, patristics, or the time of church fathers. Clark ideneifies the following as major characteristics of their teach...

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Published in:The Journal of American History 2011, Vol.98 (3), p.848-848
Main Author: Ringenberg, William C.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiquity
Christianity
Parents & parenting
Theology
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Summary:Elizabeth A. Clark of Duke University has been a leading American scholar in the of early, post- New Testament Christianity, field also known variously as Christianity in late antiquity, patristics, or the time of church fathers. Clark ideneifies the following as major characteristics of their teaching and writing: (1) ehey placed liede emphasis on theology per se except to identify support for their views on contemporary issues; (2) they were transitional scholars, a movement away from studying church history with a sectarian - particularly an antiCatholic - bias toward more modern objective approaches; and (3) ehey sought to came . . .
ISSN:0021-8723
1936-0967
1945-2314
DOI:10.1093/jahist/jar490