“Old Times There Are Not Forgotten": Robert Lewis Dabney's Public Theology for a Reconstructed South
While Robert Lewis Dabney is often remembered for his Old School Presbyterian theology and his southern intransigence, historians often suppose that these two strands in Dabney's thought were essentially separate. However, Dabney did not bifurcate his public and theological thought, but rather...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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2003
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Anno: 2003, Volume: 81, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 163-177 |
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| Riepilogo: | While Robert Lewis Dabney is often remembered for his Old School Presbyterian theology and his southern intransigence, historians often suppose that these two strands in Dabney's thought were essentially separate. However, Dabney did not bifurcate his public and theological thought, but rather forged a public theology that united theological conservatism with social and economic traditionalism. In doing so, Dabney articulated the position of a significant number of southern white Protestants in the postbellum South, placing Dabney within a southern conservative tradition—religious, political, and cultural—that extended well into the twentieth century. |
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