"Fighting Larry" - Defender of the Faith?: Rev. Dr J. Laurence Rentoul (1845-1926)
The Rev. Dr J. Laurence Rentoul was the outstanding leader and theological educator in the Presbyterian Church of Victoria for over 40 years. Belonging to an extended family of numerous Presbyterian ministers in Ireland, he regarded himself as an "evangelical broad churchman" and was able...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Reformed theological review
Year: 2025, Volume: 84, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-136 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
Presbyterian Church of Victoria
B Charles Strong B Nineteenth Century Irish Presbyterianism B higher criticism B liberal evangelicalism |
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| Summary: | The Rev. Dr J. Laurence Rentoul was the outstanding leader and theological educator in the Presbyterian Church of Victoria for over 40 years. Belonging to an extended family of numerous Presbyterian ministers in Ireland, he regarded himself as an "evangelical broad churchman" and was able to steer the church away from modernist assumptions without committing to strict orthodoxy. He was a controversialist who opposed oppression by various powerful vested interests. The accusations of some inconsistency in his approach to issues, such as Roman Catholicism or war, fail to reflect sufficiently on his complex background and experiences in Ireland. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-3072 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformed theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53521/a422 |
